Paul Burridge wrote:

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

My father had a 30kV (I think) shock (from a radar test set).
He went unconscious and many years later one could still see the scar
from the burn.

Once... 990 vac at 30 amps for a split second from right hand to left hand.
Stopped breathing, no heart beat but still aware for a few seconds.

How quiet everything got! Oh, I could still hear my coworkers laughing as I slid
to the floor, but the normal, unnoticed noises of respiration and circulation
were gone. About the time my vision started to go (seeing green, purple, black
splotches, all else fading), my heart gave a great single beat then took off
into tachycardia, then settled after a few seconds into a normal but fast
rhythm. I could breath and see again, but was too weak to get up for several
minutes. By this time the coworkers had figured out things were a bit more
serious and I was helped to my feet. That's when I noticed the burn on one hand,
where my thumb knuckle had brushed the case of the defective amplifier. It never
really hurt, the burn spot, but my chest muscles were sore for a week, also took
about that long for my strength return to normal.

I've been shocked many times before and since, but that was the closest I got to
buying the tiny farm.

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

In 1948 I was working for Westinghouse motor and transformer repair. We had
a LARGE transformer from a sub station to rewind. Always pot checked when
repaired for insulation break down with 4000 volts. The hot lead had a pin
hole in the insulation and the superintendent would not replace it. Had the
worker wrap it with electrical tape. STUPID. The worker went ahead and used
it. To reach the insulator tip the worker stood on a metal barrel covered
with 2 by 4 wood. As the power was applied the 4K volts went through the
hand, came out the foot and blew him off the barrel. He survived but had bad
burns on hand and foot. No OSHA in those days. A week later I resigned
from that job. Warren

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.

1982 at Beal AFB while installing a 2.4MegKVA UPS system I received an
arc'd shock from a 992V DC Link that should have left nothing but a
pile of dust where I had been. For reasons unknown, it instead
through me 18ft against the opposite wall leaving nothing more than a
2 inch burn mark on my elbow, although it did take almost 4 hours for
my breathing to return to normal and I suffered extreme headaches for
3 days. It was also necessary to change both my underwear and pants.
To this day my left elbow is extremely and painfully sensitive.

Paul Burridge wrote:

The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

My father had a 30kV (I think) shock (from a radar test set).
He went unconscious and many years later one could still see the scar
from the burn.

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

yes, and it explains a lot of why we became what we are...

jm
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

yes, and it explains a lot of why we became what we are...

jm
http://home.online.no/~la8ak/
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote:


The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video
narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He
survived to make the video, but as a double amputee.

I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many
years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps
someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details.

Tom, N3IJ


"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?

p.
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill