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re: Just got legit shocked by 220/electricity.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 5:16 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Posted on 3/2/15 at 5:16 am to FLBooGoTigs1
I think the navy uses high frequency power for combat instrumentation. I think normal vessel power is 480v 60hz
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 5:33 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I got hit by 110, 220 and 480, but those do not compare to getting hit by my pacemaker. That knocks the living shite out of you. Feels like a mule kicking you in the chest till you past out. 
But hey, it keeps one going. 
But hey, it keeps one going. Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:36 am to theantiquetiger
its the current that kills you, not the volts.
But yes 277 is still a hell of a kick
But yes 277 is still a hell of a kick
Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:37 am to SEClint
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shocked by 220
no you didn't
Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:47 am to SEClint
Great grandpa was an electrician and was helping us to install something on our patio when I was around 10-12 yrs. Parents had moved the a/c unit in a remodel and left the junction box of the old one on the patio. As his assistant that day, he was teaching me to cap the wires or something like that and he said they were not live and sort of made fun of me for being afraid to touch them.
Soon as I touched the wire it popped me so hard we both jumped. I guess it could have been a lot worse. Needless to say, he felt pretty bad.
Soon as I touched the wire it popped me so hard we both jumped. I guess it could have been a lot worse. Needless to say, he felt pretty bad.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:49 am to Hammertime
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Naw, you can let go of 110. I've done it many times remodeling houses
Yep. I got popped a couple of times wiring a gable fan in my attic. Didnt help that it was 100+ degrees up there and I was soaking wet
Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:52 am to Topwater Trout
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I heard 220 will knock you off while 110 will grab you.
this is what we were always taught offshore as well.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:02 am to TheIndulger
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220/electricity equals potato
first lol of the day, thank you
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:04 am to zsav77
Can you, like, multiply 34.55434 x 906.4443257 in your head now? Can you write music like Beethoven? Can you remember your name? I've read that people who get zapped develop extraordinary mental skills while losing the most basic ones such as name recall.
No matter what, glad you're okay.
No matter what, glad you're okay.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:16 am to zsav77
It's not the voltage that kills you, it's the current
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:29 am to SEClint
Never by 220 AC.By 110 more than I can count.
Hit by 240 DC.Burned.Felt like a cigarette being put out on you.It was an old Fire Alarm System.Had to work on it live.Taking the smoke detectors out if you grounded yourself,which it was impossible not to do,you'd get hit where you were grounded.
What did 220 feel like.Did it grab you?
Hit by 240 DC.Burned.Felt like a cigarette being put out on you.It was an old Fire Alarm System.Had to work on it live.Taking the smoke detectors out if you grounded yourself,which it was impossible not to do,you'd get hit where you were grounded.
What did 220 feel like.Did it grab you?
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:34 am to redfieldk717
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It's not the voltage that kills you, it's the current
I don't want either. I have heard the old voltage vs amperage argument my whole life though.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 7:47 am to Topisawtiger
Had something similar happen to me, only with a stove. I was also trusting of my father in law Now I kill the main before I work on anything electrical, even if it is something as simple as a ceiling fan. May be overly cautious, but getting hit sucks.
Now I kill the main before I work on anything electrical, even if it is something as simple as a ceiling fan. May be overly cautious, but getting hit sucks.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:16 am to theantiquetiger
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With 110 voltage, you can pull yourself off of it for the most part. 240 is much stronger, enough to grab you and not knock you off of it.
Pretty sure 110 will grab you and 220 pushes you off.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:18 am to fishfighter
I watched a coworker get lit up by a 480 panel. They were using suicide cords to get power to a temp trailer. Some dumbass saw it unplugged and plugged it in.
Guy made it out ok but had some burns on his hand.
Guy made it out ok but had some burns on his hand.
This post was edited on 3/2/15 at 8:19 am
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:48 am to CP3
I had an electrocution death case some years back. Not pretty. Had to learn all about that stuff, especially how it kills you and how long it takes. Bad stuff.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 8:49 am to SEClint
I get shocked monthly when I open electric bill.
Does that count?
Does that count?
Posted on 3/2/15 at 9:04 am to theantiquetiger
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I thought I heard the Navy uses something closer to 200Hz
400 Hz for some of the tactical stuff. Everything else is 60 Hz.
Posted on 3/2/15 at 9:20 am to CP3
Take it from an electrician at a plant, not a simple home electrician, there is no such thing as 220v, 480v, 4160v. These are multiple phases.
220v is two phases of 110, thats why a 220 breaker has two post, one on each bus coming into your house. It is using two 110 volts in 180deg opposite phases. Like I said before, if you took a volt meter and put one lead to a 220 volt system (motor, panel, etc) and the other lead to ground, it will only read 110 volts. If you put both leads to the panel or motor, it will read 220 volt.
Basically, 220 volt is hitting you with 110 volts twice as fast as a single 110 volt, because of the A/C current in opposite waves. It is not knocking you off, it just takes your body a lot more force o pull yourself off of it.
This is a sine wave of any 60hz single phase (lets say its 110 volts)
This is a sine wave of 220 volts, its basically two 110 volt waves, 180 deg out from each other
220v is two phases of 110, thats why a 220 breaker has two post, one on each bus coming into your house. It is using two 110 volts in 180deg opposite phases. Like I said before, if you took a volt meter and put one lead to a 220 volt system (motor, panel, etc) and the other lead to ground, it will only read 110 volts. If you put both leads to the panel or motor, it will read 220 volt.
Basically, 220 volt is hitting you with 110 volts twice as fast as a single 110 volt, because of the A/C current in opposite waves. It is not knocking you off, it just takes your body a lot more force o pull yourself off of it.
This is a sine wave of any 60hz single phase (lets say its 110 volts)
This is a sine wave of 220 volts, its basically two 110 volt waves, 180 deg out from each other
This post was edited on 3/2/15 at 9:21 am
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