On 4/5/2010 7:05 PM aemeijers spake thus:

Roy wrote:

On Apr 5, 7:11 pm, Nate Nagel wrote:

On 04/05/2010 07:50 PM, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 4/5/2010 12:33 PM Tony Hwang spake thus:

Hmmm,
I just ;et my two fingers on my right hand tell.
LOL!

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[I'd laugh if I knew what the joke was]

old school electrician, licks two fingers and places them across two
terminals. "yup, feels like about 120."

seriously, I've seen it.

Lick fingers, place them across two terminals and then touch GROUND
with other hand and BINGO possible electrocution. Bad enough when it
happens accidentally but to deliberately do it is dumb. I was using an
old BD hand-held saw in a barn once and touched the saw frame on a
stanchion accidentally and it threw me and the saw to the ground in a
flash. Even 110 volts can kill.

Chuckle. Most amusing 110 bite I've had (and there have been several),
didn't actually zap me directly, but I still damn near wet myself. I was
about 15 (Child labor laws? Huh?) and nailing baseboard in a dishwasher
cubbyhole. Swung the hammer back, and saw a flash of light and heard a
big ZAP. Dumb**** electrician had heated the kitchen strings w/o capping
the end of the romex that would feed the dishwasher. Had a few choice
words for him, even at that young age. Figured out which breaker killed
kitchen, pulled it, and then had to saw the cable off my hammer where it
had neatly arc-welded itself. Good thing it was a glass handle, I guess.

Well, since we're talking near-electrocutions here, the last shock I got
(couple years ago) was 277 volts. (Had never heard of that voltage
before working on a friend's shop with commercial lighting.) I contacted
hot & neutral with one hand while standing on a stepladder. Zazzed me up
good, but didn't throw me off the ladder. Worst shock I've ever gotten.


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