2007-07-01 15:31:29 · 10 answers · asked by Fedup Veteran 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Thanks for the answers...my husband is like that...and although it wasn't in water he wasn't hurt..
2007-07-01 15:41:26 · update #1
I have worked "hot" circuits, and panels for years. In 30 years, i have been hit maybe 10 times...
Many things determine the shock...Wet ground will kill you..especially at 120 VAC. high humidity..bad...dry ground can be a tingling sensation....
If he had broken the circuit between the hot and neutral, (meaning he becomes the neutral/ground), you would probably find him dead...
BE CAREFUL!!!!! Thats why so many companies make volt-meters..Have him use them!!!
2007-07-01 16:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how solidly you are grounded 120 volts is the most dangerous voltage in normal house's. if you are solid ground and it grabs you. You will not be able to let go in other words it hangs onto you
As in high voltage 240 and up at least in most case's it blows up and blows you away from it I would rather take my chances with the higher than 120 any day
2007-07-01 19:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... Like the electricians said...
Many people will actually work on live circuits. Not me!!!
If you're completely isolated from any ground or the other AC wire... not touching one with your other hand, feet, etc... the electricity won't flow through you at all. If you're touching a good ground with your other hand, body, shoes are damp, etc... 120 volts can kill you.
2007-07-01 22:08:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that it's "normal" but I knew an electrician that "tested" his newly wired circuits by wetting his finger in his mouth and touching the contacts. He didn't seem to suffer any harm from if and said what little shock he experienced didn't bother him. I think it must have something to do with the differences in insulating capacity of the skin of one person compared to another. Also a person's sensitivity or tolerance to pain.
2007-07-01 15:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you don't have any health issues you could but, if you have say, a bad heart, what does your heart operate on, well, electricity of course so, you could have a heart attack. In fact that's what happens, you have a heart failure.
As one said, some electricians will put in entire boxes without disconnecting the mains but, I don't want to be around if something happens, but, keep the phone handy for an emergency. My son-in-law is a master electrician and does this.
2007-07-01 23:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, kinda disorienting when you can't move though. I was weedeating the yard with an electric unit (a two prong electric plug) on wet grass and grabbed an iron gate. I was concious and aware but it took everything I had to move my hand enough to let go of the gate. I was tingling the rest of the day, and haven't forgot it yet.
2007-07-01 15:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by mountaindesertminer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its possible.
Calloused hands or very dry skin can cause it.
Testing circuits in my home I got just a little tingle when I got a little careless.
Hands were dry from concrete dust.
Washed up for lunch & got a nice whack when I started testing again.
2007-07-02 10:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is normal... I have been "poked" dozens of times...
I have also been poked by 240v and I was ok...at least I think so, It shorted out my pager and cell phone though...lol
2007-07-01 15:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by PBcompanies.com 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Most people will get the pee-water zapped out of them.
2007-07-01 16:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-07-01 15:38:28 · answer #10 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋