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by mythhabit 920 days ago
> 60 volts is nothing UNLESS you are completely wet or sweaty.

From experience I'm not touching 60v, sweaty or dry as sand - that voltage hurts! And 48v is seriously uncomfortable. People have died from less DC voltage in industrial settings.

Following EN61010, the max safe DC voltage in laboratory equipment is 35v for wet locations. For a car, we ought to assume that being wet is a possibility.