someone is lucky to be alive

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happened about a year ago. I found the pic looking through the iPhone trying to delete a video.

480V, 60 Amp, 3 Phase. guy was lucky that was sitting on an insulated mat. I did send him to retraining after this. he did learn a good lesson.

[DP]

Amen to that.

[Racer X]

I welded my watch between the + on my battery, and the radiator support on my Buick. My wrist was in it at the time. I had a waffle-weave burn scar for over 2 decades on my wrist.

[srf1957]

There was an electrician wiring 2 pumps with low pressure shutoff switches. he started bouncing up and down and couldn't let loose of a screwdriver until a co worker killed the power. He came back the next day and did the same thing but let loose of it by himself. We all called him the kentucky fried electrician after that. Then he became a local inspector for building codes.

[Racer X]

"the kentucky fried electrician" miley-laughing001:

[OWC Jamie]

srf1957 wrote:
There was an electrician wiring 2 pumps with low pressure shutoff switches. he started bouncing up and down and couldn't let loose of a screwdriver until a co worker killed the power. He came back the next day and did the same thing but let loose of it by himself. We all called him the kentucky fried electrician after that. Then he became a local inspector for building codes.

AC does that to you - you can't let go.
I've done it holding the uninsulated tips of meter leads looking for shorts/opens in a robot logic control board, when someone energized a circuit I was on. AC straight across the chest from one hand to the other . I could feel the hz cycling . Co-worker said I turned every color of the rainbow. I had to sit for a few minutes not even sure if my heart was still working at first.
110 DC throws you across the room and away from it.

[mrbigstuff]

^
ahhhh.... so that's what happened to you.

[Speedy]

mrbigstuff wrote:
^
ahhhh.... so that's what happened to you.

Explains a lot. (Glad you made it through that fairly well. :-) )

[Bernie]

I am an Industrial Electrician and I have never been Shocked.

[mikebw]

I accidentally cut a live 110AC with insulated wire cutters, so I didn't get shocked but I thought I was deaf and blind for a few seconds. All better now though, I'm suuuuure..... :confused:

The cutters now have a nice 14ga hole along the edge too!