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max_dylen
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no ive never been eletrocuted , neither have you or anyone posting on this forum for that matter, no im not crazy i just know that the meaning of the word electrocuted means to DIE by electricity , im sure every one have been shocked in their lives and thats how their learned to respect electricity
i remember the day i learned that lesson , i was young , cant remember how old but i decided it would b fun to take two wires and stick them into the electrical socket, ill never forget how it threw me across the room , scared the shit out of me and ive never tried something that stupid since
my most recent electrical experiece was when i decided to get to the guts of one of those one time use camaras , natrually being a curious individual i ripped it apart, first i took out the battery so i dont get shocked but before i did that i charged the flash , i was sure taking out the battary would disable the flash , by i was wrong , i gotta tell u that capacitor can sure hold a nice charge , when my finger made contact with the capacitor my arm sorta did this gimp wave that i could not control , i could drop the camara for a sec , i looked at my hand and i actually had a electrical burn on my finger, not too big but big enought , so girl and boys becuare full where ur ripping apart things with capacitors.
heres a lil wisdom i got from my hardware teacher, dont ever play around with the insides of a computer monitor , why u ask well unless u know how to properly discharge it a computer monitor can hold a charge of upwards of 50 000 volts even after its been sitting off for a long amount of time , any way thats my 2 cents on that
i remember the day i learned that lesson , i was young , cant remember how old but i decided it would b fun to take two wires and stick them into the electrical socket, ill never forget how it threw me across the room , scared the shit out of me and ive never tried something that stupid since
my most recent electrical experiece was when i decided to get to the guts of one of those one time use camaras , natrually being a curious individual i ripped it apart, first i took out the battery so i dont get shocked but before i did that i charged the flash , i was sure taking out the battary would disable the flash , by i was wrong , i gotta tell u that capacitor can sure hold a nice charge , when my finger made contact with the capacitor my arm sorta did this gimp wave that i could not control , i could drop the camara for a sec , i looked at my hand and i actually had a electrical burn on my finger, not too big but big enought , so girl and boys becuare full where ur ripping apart things with capacitors.
heres a lil wisdom i got from my hardware teacher, dont ever play around with the insides of a computer monitor , why u ask well unless u know how to properly discharge it a computer monitor can hold a charge of upwards of 50 000 volts even after its been sitting off for a long amount of time , any way thats my 2 cents on that
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curious2c
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Hmmm...at great risk I will tell you this...at work, went to unwire an electric generator/welder. (nicknamed bullet welders, since they looked like a bullet, well, sorta anyway) It ran on 440 three phase power.
I tagged it out, pulled the breaker and even tested it before putting the nutdriver on the power leads. Some one...(a foreman that I knocked out later for obvious reasons) pulled my tags and threw the breaker back on because it had killed another welder inside the plant. (common practice in that shop was to wire a much used and a rarely used welder to one breaker...NOT a good idea...ever)
All I Knew was I inserted the nut driver on the second leg of power and KAWPOW! I was ten feet away laying on the ground with a very very sore arm and ringing in my ears. 440v three phase has a tendency to knock you away...thank God.
The foreman comes out a few minutes later sees me on the ground.
"What the fuck are you doing?"
"Um...just got shocked by the welder."
The look on his face was all I had to see. Even though I almost got fired for knocking him out...it was worth every second of it.
(He was fired for his 'indiscrection'
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I tagged it out, pulled the breaker and even tested it before putting the nutdriver on the power leads. Some one...(a foreman that I knocked out later for obvious reasons) pulled my tags and threw the breaker back on because it had killed another welder inside the plant. (common practice in that shop was to wire a much used and a rarely used welder to one breaker...NOT a good idea...ever)
All I Knew was I inserted the nut driver on the second leg of power and KAWPOW! I was ten feet away laying on the ground with a very very sore arm and ringing in my ears. 440v three phase has a tendency to knock you away...thank God.
The foreman comes out a few minutes later sees me on the ground.
"What the fuck are you doing?"
"Um...just got shocked by the welder."
The look on his face was all I had to see. Even though I almost got fired for knocking him out...it was worth every second of it.
(He was fired for his 'indiscrection'
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peachykeen
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Having spent a substantial portion of my career assembling, disassembling, demonstrating, utilizing, repairing and testing Van de Graaf generators, Tesla coils and various capacitors-
Yeah, me and Lex Tricity go 'way back.
Yeah, me and Lex Tricity go 'way back.
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superlittlegirl
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I have been shocked several times.
I have worked as an interior painter in the past. In the last project I worked on, the carpenters and electricians that did the work were third-rate at best. The house was a hodge-podge of incorrect wiring and poorly seated fixtures.
In the course of painting the kitchen, I got shocked twice. It hurts, but it kind of feels good, too. Of course, it scares the fuck out of me whenever it's happening, but after it's over I usually just laugh and tremble a little bit. I'm an endorphin junkie, so I make the best of it.
I grew up around horses that were kept behind electric fencing. I touched it (on a dare) a couple of times, and I ran into it as a kid more times than I can count. A kid in my neighborhood took a dare to piss on the fence, and he did it. His poor little testicles retreated inside of him, out of shock and fright.
As far as big electricity goes: I have never been struck by lightning, but I can feel it in my joints and on the top of my head when lightning strikes close by. It freaks me out just a bit.
I have worked as an interior painter in the past. In the last project I worked on, the carpenters and electricians that did the work were third-rate at best. The house was a hodge-podge of incorrect wiring and poorly seated fixtures.
In the course of painting the kitchen, I got shocked twice. It hurts, but it kind of feels good, too. Of course, it scares the fuck out of me whenever it's happening, but after it's over I usually just laugh and tremble a little bit. I'm an endorphin junkie, so I make the best of it.
I grew up around horses that were kept behind electric fencing. I touched it (on a dare) a couple of times, and I ran into it as a kid more times than I can count. A kid in my neighborhood took a dare to piss on the fence, and he did it. His poor little testicles retreated inside of him, out of shock and fright.
As far as big electricity goes: I have never been struck by lightning, but I can feel it in my joints and on the top of my head when lightning strikes close by. It freaks me out just a bit.
curious2c
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Guilty...ME? Not on your life. He should have been prosecuted. Labor laws and OSHA have rules about lock-out tag-out and I followed those rules to the letter...I always have since I work on equipment that can and will kill, maim, dismember you if you don't do that. Those rules set a procedure that MUST be followed BEFORE you remove any tags, locks, or throw on breakers. HE didn't follow the company guidelines, which were OSHA rules to the letter. HE almost KILLED me. No fucking way do I feel the least bit sorry or sad for him. He got far less than he deserved in my opinion.
Forgiveness is for those who ask for it...He never admitted to wrong-doing. He never admitted that what he did was against the rules already set forth...IN writing. He never even apologized either. So...FUCK him and the horse he rode in on too.
Forgiveness is for those who ask for it...He never admitted to wrong-doing. He never admitted that what he did was against the rules already set forth...IN writing. He never even apologized either. So...FUCK him and the horse he rode in on too.
superlittlegirl
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What work do you do? I'm seriously impressed by women who possess mechanical expertise.
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