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re: Have you ever been electrocuted?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:13 am to Lucky Loper
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:13 am to Lucky Loper
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Touched a loose spark plug with one hand while my other hand was holding the metal on a push mower when I was a kid.
On the older motors that ran with a distributor we would hold a spark plug wire with one hand and let the spark exit our other hand to the body of the car.
Also had a telephone magneto that would light you up.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:14 am
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:13 am to Naked Bootleg
When I was a teen, we were installing an electric fence. I had the roll of wire around my shoulder as we installed it. Mom plugged in the charger. It was exciting.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:13 am to Naked Bootleg
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Have you ever been electrocuted?
probably 20x as a kid for putting metal shite into 1960s 2-hole non-grounded outlets and before GCFI existed.
as an adult? 1 out of every 5 outlets bites me i try to swap without shutting off the breaker first.
God: How did you get here?
Me: Laziness.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:16 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:14 am to Naked Bootleg
Yep, a couple limes. Always touch it with the back of your hand, if you’re checking for a live line.
My Dad was an electrician.
My Dad was an electrician.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:14 am to Naked Bootleg
My great grandfather died that way, working on a power line back in the early 1950s in upstate New York . The other guy on his crew touched a wire and he was holding him. He died immediately and the other guy died a few days later. Terrible. My mom was deeply traumatized by that as he was the glue.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:16 am to Naked Bootleg
I was taking apart a camera with built in flash and didn’t really know what a capacitor did. I got popped pretty good when I tried to pry the capacitor off with a screwdriver.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:17 am to Naked Bootleg
My cousins and I played tag with cattle prods back in the day.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:17 am to Naked Bootleg
Yeah I had my bell rung when picking up old Christmas lights and didn’t realize the bulb on one was broke.
Was just really tired afterward.
Was just really tired afterward.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:17 am to Naked Bootleg
Nobody posting in this thread or able to post in this thread has been "electrocuted".
You have been shocked.
Electrocuted/Electrocution = Shocked to Death.
You have been shocked.
Electrocuted/Electrocution = Shocked to Death.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:18 am to Naked Bootleg
Does an electric fence count? Then hundreds of times. Many on purpose
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:19 am to boddagetta
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Nobody posting in this thread or able to post in this thread has been "electrocuted".
You have been shocked.
Electrocuted/Electrocution = Shocked to Death.
Wrong.
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Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
e·lec·tro·cute
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verb
past tense: electrocuted; past participle: electrocuted
injure or kill someone by electric shock.
"a man was electrocuted when he switched on the Christmas tree lights"
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:19 am to Naked Bootleg
quote:You shouldn't get an answer to this question unless someone came back from the dead.
Have you ever been electrocuted?
Electric shock refers to a non-fatal electrical injury, whereas electrocution describes a fatal electrical injury.
Electrocute is derived from "electro" and "execution," but it is also used for accidental death.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:20 am to Naked Bootleg
Lightening struck near a metal fence I was touching. The current travelled along the spaghetti piping on the fence, and it kicked me back onto the ground.
Lightening made me nervous for a few years.
Lightening made me nervous for a few years.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:23 am to Naked Bootleg
quote:Never.
Have you ever been electrocuted?
But I've been shocked by 110v & 220v more than I care to admit.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:24 am to Salviati
quote:
You shouldn't get an answer to this question unless someone came back from the dead.
Electric shock refers to a non-fatal electrical injury, whereas electrocution describes a fatal electrical injury.
Electrocute is derived from "electro" and "execution," but it is also used for accidental death.
ACHSUSHSUSSUAOALALAAALLLLLLY
just go with the thread concept. we know what the OP meant.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:25 am to Naked Bootleg
accidentally touched the cattle wire around my grandparents yard a few times growing up. It ran off a car battery on a constant trickle charge. We got used to it.
Worked for an electrician one summer during college. They kept me away from the serious stuff but let me wire outlets and fixtures with some supervision. Got "bit" a few times by the 120v circuits. I did see a guy get electrocuted when they were setting a pole light that for some reason had to be "hot" while it was being installed. Actually saw the arc jump out and hit the guy in the chest. They did CPR until the ambulance came but they couldn't revive him.
Worked for an electrician one summer during college. They kept me away from the serious stuff but let me wire outlets and fixtures with some supervision. Got "bit" a few times by the 120v circuits. I did see a guy get electrocuted when they were setting a pole light that for some reason had to be "hot" while it was being installed. Actually saw the arc jump out and hit the guy in the chest. They did CPR until the ambulance came but they couldn't revive him.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:26 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL
Never been hit by lightning, but hit a tree right next to our deck about 30 feet away.
So loud! and blew a chunk of the tree off and part of the deck 16x8 support beam. Also took out some deck lights. That was scary for sure.
So loud! and blew a chunk of the tree off and part of the deck 16x8 support beam. Also took out some deck lights. That was scary for sure.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:27 am to Salviati
Shock wise been hit a ton by 120 and a below. 250 DC hurt pretty bad, luckily that hit was a grazing injury from faulty equipment.
Worst by far was a static ground line on an air blast circuit breaker that came loose in a 500kV switchyard. It swung into me while I was leaning against a Gator UV. Didn't see it get loose. Luckily wind blew it away from me.
Seen some messed up things in my line of work that resulted in death though. 13.6kV is not kind to the human body.
Worst by far was a static ground line on an air blast circuit breaker that came loose in a 500kV switchyard. It swung into me while I was leaning against a Gator UV. Didn't see it get loose. Luckily wind blew it away from me.
Seen some messed up things in my line of work that resulted in death though. 13.6kV is not kind to the human body.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 9:29 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:27 am to Naked Bootleg
Once. Replacing the belt on a dryer and forgot to unplug it. Touched the motor wrapping the belt around it and it bit the hell out of me.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:30 am to Naked Bootleg
umm yea. quite a few times.
*little tip, dont think you can always get away with working on something while its hot.
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