I got shocked a few times with 120v. I also got a 5 second continuous shock with this ignition; https://www.summitracing.com/parts/msd-4223. My finger was very warm for about half an hour and I was feeling as if I was gonna need to sit and rest a while. I couldn't pull my finger off, I had to move away with my body to disconnect from it. It even burnt some of my fingerprint away. I still have 3 small white dots where it got me. Never be careless again!!!
Electrical Shock .... /%#@
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Brushed the back of my hand across two legs of 480 in a panel that was supposed to be dead, luckily it was only enough to scare me. My uncle died of complications from a bad shock days before his honeymoon, I shocked myself the day before leaving for my honeymoon.
My wife was a nurse. During her taining, a patient came into emergency with his arms chared to the bone up to his elbows.
My wife 'a little in shock herself' told him "You'll be OK " to reassure him.
He responded "I wanted to die"
It turned out he had grabbed an HT line to commit suicide.
My wife 'a little in shock herself' told him "You'll be OK " to reassure him.
He responded "I wanted to die"
It turned out he had grabbed an HT line to commit suicide.
Originally Posted By: kschachn
Originally Posted By: Fleetmon
I leaned over my condensor with the fan shroud off and put my hands on the rim to lean over and got a good bite from the capacitor!
Capacitor?
Same thing. Condenser is an older term for the same electrical function.
Originally Posted By: Fleetmon
I leaned over my condensor with the fan shroud off and put my hands on the rim to lean over and got a good bite from the capacitor!
Capacitor?
Same thing. Condenser is an older term for the same electrical function.
I had a weed-whacker that was poorly designed. If I straightened my arm holding it the spark plug (in boot) would rub my upper arm and I'd get a shock all down to my trigger finger. The plug boot was apparently poor quality rubber and there was no guard to keep my arm further away.
I was wiring an entranceway and proud of my inside lighting, so I showed my kids. I had another switch for the outside wiring which I left off but they turned on without my knowing. Got hit wiring up the outside light-- didn't lock-out-tag-out, didn't kill the breaker. Pure dumb on my part.
I was wiring an entranceway and proud of my inside lighting, so I showed my kids. I had another switch for the outside wiring which I left off but they turned on without my knowing. Got hit wiring up the outside light-- didn't lock-out-tag-out, didn't kill the breaker. Pure dumb on my part.
Originally Posted By: MolaKule
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
I'm a retired TV tech - too many 25-35,000 volt shocks to mention
Last big shock was from 875VDC across one hand from a Ham rig.
No damage but got my attention.
RF burns count as "shocks" ??
Keep your fingers away from the 1Kw balanced antenna line ......
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
I'm a retired TV tech - too many 25-35,000 volt shocks to mention
Last big shock was from 875VDC across one hand from a Ham rig.
No damage but got my attention.
RF burns count as "shocks" ??
Keep your fingers away from the 1Kw balanced antenna line ......
LOL, true confessions of the electrical kind??
Had a few wake up experiences with electric fences, house wiring, spark plugs, etc.. Nothing too dramatic.
My most memorable: Pre kindergarten around 1960. Saw my mom stick a fork into the toaster numerous times to retrieve stuck bread. I climbed up on the sink counter, stuck the fork in, got zapped and landed on the floor, scared, but relatively unscathed. I DO remember the momentary paralyzing effect it had.
I never noticed that mom UNPLUGGED the toaster first!
Had a few wake up experiences with electric fences, house wiring, spark plugs, etc.. Nothing too dramatic.
My most memorable: Pre kindergarten around 1960. Saw my mom stick a fork into the toaster numerous times to retrieve stuck bread. I climbed up on the sink counter, stuck the fork in, got zapped and landed on the floor, scared, but relatively unscathed. I DO remember the momentary paralyzing effect it had.
I never noticed that mom UNPLUGGED the toaster first!
I meant the AC condensor outside and was bit by the capacitor controlling the ac unit.
Originally Posted By: Fleetmon
I meant the AC condensor outside and was bit by the capacitor controlling the ac unit.
Ahh, you got bit by the consenser's condenser.
I meant the AC condensor outside and was bit by the capacitor controlling the ac unit.
Ahh, you got bit by the consenser's condenser.
When I was a very young kid was playing with the on/off pull knob on a very old window fan. Dad had just warned me I had better not do that when it bit me. I couldn't let go of it. He ran over and pulled me off of it. One of my earliest memories.
To this day I don't much care for things electric. Guess that's why I work for an electrical utility...
To this day I don't much care for things electric. Guess that's why I work for an electrical utility...
I got zapped twice from normal household current. My dad would keep extension cords no matter what. We were using an electric pump to fill a sprayer at the farm, the kind you pull behind a tractor. I went to unplug it with wet gloves, and the extension cord looked like it was run over by a lawnmower. I tell you I wasn't a happy camper and made sure that cord was never usable again.
I also once stuck my finger in a light socket as a kid. I turned on a lamp, nothing. I turned it off, back on, and so forth, and didn't pay attention to whether I actually shut it off. I reached in to tighten the bulb. There was no bulb, and I didn't have it off. Again, I wasn't happy.
I also once stuck my finger in a light socket as a kid. I turned on a lamp, nothing. I turned it off, back on, and so forth, and didn't pay attention to whether I actually shut it off. I reached in to tighten the bulb. There was no bulb, and I didn't have it off. Again, I wasn't happy.
I've gotten myself bitten a few times by 120 VAC doing household electrical repairs in a too nonchalant fashion.
These were more like warnings than anything really bad, but they did teach me to exercise a lot more caution in making sure that circuits really were out before replacing anything involving actual wiring, so I haven't gotten an electrical buzz in a number of years.
These were more like warnings than anything really bad, but they did teach me to exercise a lot more caution in making sure that circuits really were out before replacing anything involving actual wiring, so I haven't gotten an electrical buzz in a number of years.
I remembered reading that in the early days of electricity experimentation they would make a human chain and pass an electrical discharge through the chain. Everybody jumped at once!
Read the second paragraph under scientific work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Nollet
Here's a modern day demonstration of the same effect:
Read the second paragraph under scientific work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Nollet
Here's a modern day demonstration of the same effect:
As a teen, i had to maintain our cattle's electric fence. The little tester was not reliable, i got used to just touching the wire and checking for a good shock.
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I took an old fan apart (the blades no longer spun) and touched the motor while it was plugged in and turned on. It felt like flexing every muscle in my arm as hard as I could, involuntarily. Luckily I was able to pull my hand back after I figured out what was happening!
OP here,
To Past and Future Readers.
It seem like most people here who received SHOCKS were getting careless and they could have been prevented.
That's good to know and remember.
It shows you that Society has designed appliances to be mostly safe.
When changing a house Switch or Outlet, I always use my Tester (current detector) to make sure there is no current.
Myself, I need to pay more attention when handling Plugs and Cords.
Also when opening any device that may contain a Compacitor.
To Past and Future Readers.
It seem like most people here who received SHOCKS were getting careless and they could have been prevented.
That's good to know and remember.
It shows you that Society has designed appliances to be mostly safe.
When changing a house Switch or Outlet, I always use my Tester (current detector) to make sure there is no current.
Myself, I need to pay more attention when handling Plugs and Cords.
Also when opening any device that may contain a Compacitor.
Originally Posted By: larryinnewyork
It seem like most people here who received SHOCKS were getting careless and they could have been prevented.
That's good to know and remember.
Absolutely. Wet gloves and a frayed cord were a recipe for disaster. You can be rest assured I learned from that. If a cord isn't pristine, it doesn't get to hang around here any longer. I wasn't a fan of that one back in the day, but I had a minority vote.
As for the wet gloves, we got a bigger sprayer so used a gasoline powered pump after that.
So yes, I pay attention to my cords, and if they're suffering, they're gone. They're not that expensive!
It seem like most people here who received SHOCKS were getting careless and they could have been prevented.
That's good to know and remember.
Absolutely. Wet gloves and a frayed cord were a recipe for disaster. You can be rest assured I learned from that. If a cord isn't pristine, it doesn't get to hang around here any longer. I wasn't a fan of that one back in the day, but I had a minority vote.
So yes, I pay attention to my cords, and if they're suffering, they're gone. They're not that expensive!
I used to enjoy a little shock, from electric fences, arc welders, to getting a good 240V jolt in pumphouses standing in water. Now that I have a pacemaker it is verboten so I'm much more cautious.
Docs won't even let me weld anymore
Docs won't even let me weld anymore
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