2006-09-10 06:32:26 · 10 answers · asked by isx650 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I have had shocks from many of the same types as given here, so here are a pair that are as different from each other as night and day.
I was trimming tree in New Mexico in 1954 and the wooden handled "loppers" [looks like a parrots beak] came in contact with an overhead high voltage line. The current went thru the head down the blade jumped from the metal end at the end of the wooden handle into my right hand leaving a blue dot (burn) went down through the right side of my body, jumped from the bone in my right heel, burned a tiny hole in my sock and went from the nail in my boot and then into the tree. Took me 15 minutes before I could start moving again. If it had gone down the left side of my body I wouldn't be writing this. BUT, the worst shock I ever got was from an electric teletypewriter, 90 volts but 20 Miliamps (Ma) of current. Felt like my whole body got a million volts that day. Static electricity is not so funny either.
2006-09-10 07:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by norman8012003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to repair TVs and regularly got shocks from the 16kV and above voltages in the back of TVs. There is a golden rule to follow when working in the back of televisions and other things with high voltages and that is "keep one hand in your pocket". The reason is that if the current travels in one hand and out of the other then there is a good chance of death resulting.
A friend of mine got a shock like this while working on a TV in the customers house. He was ok but the customer lost 2 teeth as my freinds elbow recoiled and smashed the customer in the face while he was lurking behind.
2006-09-10 16:15:39 · answer #2 · answered by magicblur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've momentarily gotten 440 for a second or two from an improperly grounded welder.Makes yer whole body tingle, and NOT in a good way.
2006-09-10 13:43:47 · answer #3 · answered by frith25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 phase 480v off of a busbar. went in my hand and out my elbow. Lasting impression!!!!!!!! Always use lockouts and put a lock on them. Anyways, it blew me off the 22' ladder I was on and I landed approx 13feet away on my back in the room behind me on the second floor with a few broken ribs, collarbone fracture, tib/ fib fracture and 3rd degree burns on my elbow and 2nd degree burns on my hand
2006-09-11 00:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by heirloom woodworks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was 8 months pregnant with my son & I plugged in an iron that had a short. It burned my hand & left the wall black. Maybe that is what's wrong with my teenage son.
2006-09-10 13:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by taylorfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once touched an electrical fence.
2006-09-10 13:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
accidentally touched wrong wire 120 volts
2006-09-10 13:36:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I touched the sparkplug on a lawnmower while it was running. that was a nasty one!!!! my arm flung way back instantly & the mower shut off
2006-09-10 13:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by cheezy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
220 MAN IT HURT.
2006-09-10 15:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2000 volts and it hurt like hell !!!!
2006-09-10 13:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by Tinman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋