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Electrocution
Yes I mentioned the first one earlier and there have been deaths on stage
due to faulty gear and mis wired electronics.
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:32:04 +0100, soup wrote:
Many have had a 'belt' from domestic 240Volt wiring through bad luck,
bad judgment or plain stupidity .
Whilst a shock from 240V CAN kill how often does that actually happen
and how many just get thrown across the room into a foetal position
whimpering and crying until the arm unknots and the tingling feeling
goes away.
Well didn't an MPs daughter die of a 240V shock in a domestic incident ?
And Keith Relf formerly of the Yardbirds was killed in an electrocution
at his home (so presumably 240V).
When I was at Uni a lecturer mentioned checking out a neighbours cooker
that was "buzzy" when you touched it. He found there was no earth and
600V potential between it and the sink ...
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