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>Pretty low risk. Broken headlight, and behind it is a high voltage arc? That's a very real electrocution hazard.

There's not enough amps available there to do anything serious.



80-90V to keep it running are above the "low voltage" guidelines and their ~500mA is enough to kill.

Presumably the driver circuit would notice that no current is flowing from a ruined bulb, try the sparker a few times to restart the arc, then give up and turn off the 90V drive. But it might be cheaper to build…




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