Did you ever get electrocuted?

Question

If yes please tell me how you felt after and if it had any long term effects.
Please don't be mean I'm serious

I got a pretty big jolt today and I've been feeling weak, it's hard to explain.
I think it's not to hard to tell I'm not interested in the "no , I haven't" answeres.

I felt like 1000 needles going from the tip of my fingers through my body. After I managed to get my hand away I felt like I couldn't control my feet mainly and I fell down and for a while it seemed like I couldn't control my muscles although I wasn't numb or anything. I was just replacing a light bulb and I made sure the electricity was turnd off from the main panel but I think there was some faulty wireing involved cause otherwise I can't explain it, the jolt was pretty big. I was just wondering if there are any long term side effects some of you might have experienced.

Answer 1

you know how they tell you not to stick a knife in the toaster?
Well... when I was little, I had to find out why.
Just a slight shock, only long term effect was knowing not to do that again.

Anyhoo... since you got a jolt, you should probably go to the hospital, a shock can mess up the rhythm of your heart. I hope you're OK!!!

Answer 2

No. But I had a goldfish that was floating upside down in it's fishbowl when I was a teen.
I decided to try and bring it back to life.
I unscrewed the globe from a lamp that sat on my desk. And stuck the socket into the bowl of water. I flipped the lamp on at the wall and watched as the fish began to swim frantically. It was going 3 or 4 times faster than any goldfish should ever have expected to swim.
I flicked the power off and studied the fish.
It hadn't come back to life so I gave it a second jolt. It swam a few more laps and then stopped swimming. I guess I had burnt out it's muscles.
My bedroom had the faint smell of burnt hair when I removed the deceased fish from the bowl.

Answer 3

Loads of times. Seriously. But only ever domestic type shocks - 240 volt mains electricity.

I never felt particularly weak as a result. I find they just make you yelp and jump when the impact hits you, then swear and curse for a bit afterwards. And sometimes you can tingle for a while.

After a few more you may actually find that quite pleasant, but first time round it can be a tad distressing.

Have a cuppa and you'll be fine :o)

Answer 4

When I was 10 years old I tried the to plug in a battery powerd device into an outlet, and I got trown away a few feet, and me heart was beeting hard for about a half hour or so.

Answer 5

Once, but it was only on a wire running around a cow pen. It immediately made my knees buckle and I was weak for a couple of hours after that. No long term effects, pretty low voltage.

Answer 6

I havent but my sister did once when she was on the phone and the shock threw her back against the wall. She said afterwards she felt week and had pins and needles in the arm it hit and a headache for about two days after

Answer 7

Hey Scooby - - technically, if one is electrocuted, they die. But if you are asking about large shocks of AC current, then I have had two. One was while hanging a 6,600 volt commercial pole line. In neither case did the effects last longer than three days, except for the burn on my hand, which lasted about three weeks. Hope this helps...

Answer 8

I wasn't electrocuted but close to it. I was hooking up a outlet in my home and I touched it and I felt a moderate shock. After that I called an electrician.

Answer 9

Yes like a tingle pain but was only 110v

Answer 10

yes, it burns for a couple of hours. the initial shock vibrates and burns. there is also a little tingle. it scares you b/c u realize it could have been worse but u get over it.