Paul Burridge wrote:
Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?
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My first clear memory of my life is the few minutes immediately after of
my dad's warning me not to poke a finger in a light socket while he
fetched a new bulb. Dad left the room and 2-3 year old Eric headed
straight for the (now empty) lamp socket. Amazing how clear a memory can
be after decades.

The closest death by electrocution I've suffered was in the mid 1980's.
Our disposal protocol required us to let air into CRTs. For some reason,
I powered up the monitor before I disposed of it. I unplugged it, took
the back off, donned my leather gloves, grabbed my uninsulated pliers
and, with one hand on the steel case, snipped the nipple off of the 25"
CRT. I remember the world getting almost completely covered by a big
dark. I didn't get thrown or loose consciousness. My arm ached for a
little while, that big dark is still with me from time to time.


Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived? If anyone
has made that journey, I'd be curious to know if your experience was
similar to people who have survived a "fatal" drowning (great peace,
white light, etc.).

EI

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

p.

480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H

"Wade Hassler" wrote in message
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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.

480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H


A fate WORSE than death?

"Wade Hassler" wrote in message
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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.

480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H


A fate WORSE than death?

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

p.

480 volt compost turner was activated while I had my hands inside.
Threw me into a pile of (mostly) chicken manure.
Wade H

A guy I was working with one time told me he had one when working as an
electrician. He was working in the bottom of a 500V distribution cabinet,
laying on his back on the floor, when he Touched The Wrong Thing.

His parter, working in a cabinet a few yards away, heard a noice, looked
over & saw this guy's feet bouncing around. The partner bashed the
disconnect & pulled him out of the cabinet.

No heart beat.

Dead.


Good thing the other electrician knew CPR or this guy would still be dead.


He's in the IT field now, for some reason he felt the need for a career
change.


Paul Burridge )
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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.
: --

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

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A guy I was working with one time told me he had one when working as an
electrician. He was working in the bottom of a 500V distribution cabinet,
laying on his back on the floor, when he Touched The Wrong Thing.

His parter, working in a cabinet a few yards away, heard a noice, looked
over & saw this guy's feet bouncing around. The partner bashed the
disconnect & pulled him out of the cabinet.

No heart beat.

Dead.


Good thing the other electrician knew CPR or this guy would still be dead.


He's in the IT field now, for some reason he felt the need for a career
change.


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

--
Howard Eisenhauer on **************************************
* *
Chebucto Community Network * Can't think of anything cute *
Halifax Nova Scotia * to put in here *
* *
**************************************

"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?

Yep, made me a believer in GFCIs, which weren't around when this happened.
My folks had just gotten a new hedge clipper, and their idiot son decided to
have at a shrub one morning. Plugged it in, walked out barefoot on the
still-damp grass. Began sculpting and promptly cut through the extension
cord, which jammed in the blades. My muscles locked up and I couldn't drop
it. After a few seconds of this I fell over, making even better contact
with the ground. I finally managed to grab the plastic side handle with my
other hand and pull it free. Whew.... Every part of my body hurt, I went
back to bed for the rest of the day.

Then there's the incident with the soldering iron and the ten automotive
batteries in series, but I didn't get a jolt from that ;-)

Regards,
Ralph in NH

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
...

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

Yep, made me a believer in GFCIs, which weren't around when this happened.
My folks had just gotten a new hedge clipper, and their idiot son decided to
have at a shrub one morning. Plugged it in, walked out barefoot on the
still-damp grass. Began sculpting and promptly cut through the extension
cord, which jammed in the blades. My muscles locked up and I couldn't drop
it. After a few seconds of this I fell over, making even better contact
with the ground. I finally managed to grab the plastic side handle with my
other hand and pull it free. Whew.... Every part of my body hurt, I went
back to bed for the rest of the day.

Then there's the incident with the soldering iron and the ten automotive
batteries in series, but I didn't get a jolt from that ;-)

Regards,
Ralph in NH

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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?
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One of the guys on a maintenance crew I was on in a previous job
and was doing testing with managed to get a nice 415vac 400Hz
across the chest.

Doing testing in mec relay panel the relays were in the back of the =
panel / box and
the doors are where all the circuit breakers are mounted.
remeber he made contact with the uncovered terminal of a transformer.

I was working with him as well as a few others, activating =
sensors(sticking a spanner in front etc)
and he was confirming the right voltages were being recieved to activate =
relays etc.
Just heard a loud shout over the intercom and we all went running.

He was lucky he didn't get throw by it as he could have fallen about=20
10 foot on to the tarmac.

Just stunned at the time. Had to take him for a ecg afterwards
standard precaution. No problems at the time.

But his health seemed to deteriate after that.
Maybe it triggered an existing condition.
Six months later he suffered a heart attack.

From my own experiance, rf burns hurt more than
standard 50Hz ac or dc shocks even though I would have to
rate car iginition systems a close second.

Alex