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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:45 PM
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I fucking hate electrical shocks
My arm still hurts...
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:52 PM
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1. What did you get hit with and how?
My work partner got nailed with 277 earlier in the week.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:54 PM
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2. Tried to unplug and external hard-drive
XP
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:30 AM
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6. Ah. Didn't power down first I expect.
That really only needs to happen once.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:43 AM
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7. It was powered down.
Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 12:44 AM by sakabatou
The wall-outlet though...
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:26 AM
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4. Yikes! Three phase?
That doesn't sound residential.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:28 AM
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5. It's not, we're Union commercial/industrial electricians.
Chaos at the end of the job makes for dangerous situations.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:45 AM
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10. One of the reason I went into electronics
Nothing over 12 volts. Nowadays it's even less. Except that time I was tasked with designing a CCFL power supply. Shocked the hell out of myself with that circuit.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:44 AM
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8. Three-phase?
What?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:54 AM
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11. Yeah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:55 AM
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12. i don't fucking know
I was in my home when I got shocked.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 01:34 AM
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14. You don't have three phase in your home.
You have single phase 110/220. You got hit with 110, which kills more people than any other voltage.
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:11 AM
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17. Yep
More people do die from 110 vac than any other voltage.Mainly because 110 vac is more accessable to the average joe than higher voltages.
Also,electricians tend to build up a sense of contempt for little ol' 110 after working with higher voltages.

Very few homes have 3 phase.The ones that do are usually huge mansions that are large enough to require commercial heat/air cond systems and/or commmercial grade kitchens.
Personnaly,I have only seen residential 3 phase service in 4 houses over a thirty year career as an electrician.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:17 AM
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3. Talk about shocks, one time I decided
the picture tube on my TV (the old CRT type) needed cleaned and not thinking about it being on I sprayed it with Windex and when I started wiping it off it hit me it was like being hit with a ball bat.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:44 AM
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9. OW!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:57 AM
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13. I once got 20,000 volts or so
But the amperage was next to nothing, so I barely felt it.

I was adjusting the ignition timing on my car — had my hand on the distributor cap and something arced. One second I was leaning over the fender and the next I was on my butt. I don't remember falling back, just being on the grass.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:45 PM
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25. You can get 20kv or more by walking across the room and touching a doorknob
But very low current, obviously.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 01:55 AM
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15. I had a copycat ready
until I actually read your post... I hope that you're well. I've taken AC in one hand a few times. It is always highly unpleasant :(
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wartrace Donating Member (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:04 AM
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16. I have you all beat- Lightning strikes REALLY get your attention.
When I was a kid at scout camp the tree next to our picnic table was hit by lightning. The table had metal legs, I was sitting on a bolt. It went in my foot & out my buttocks. It threw me about 15 feet away from the table, I couldn't feel my leg for a while, spent the night in a hospital & had third degree burns on my toe & butt cheek.
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:12 AM
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19. Blew your ass off,huh?
Ouch.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 10:59 PM
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21. DUzy!
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:44 AM
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20. So you really do crap thunder and fart lightning?
Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 09:44 AM by rcrush
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:14 PM
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24. You should have turned the other one
Yikes!
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 08:17 AM
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30. lol!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 09:12 AM
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18. You have to watch out with those things...


:yoiks:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:00 PM
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22. Watching too much hentai, hmm?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:12 PM
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23. I have no idea what you're talking about...
O8)
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:19 AM
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27. Riiiiight...
Android girls... sex... only in hentai or cheesy sci-fi films will you see that.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 12:31 AM
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28. I have no idea what your'e tentacle about, honest.
Edited on Tue Dec-09-08 12:31 AM by DarkTirade
... err... I mean talking about. Damn Freudian slips...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-09-08 01:56 AM
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29. LMAO
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:52 PM
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26. I once watched a guy short a 220v arc welder across his upper body.
Accidentally, of course. Good thing he was strong as an ox- it didn't even knock him out! But he DID move kinda carefully the rest of the afternoon...
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