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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:18:38 +1000, "Alex Gibson"
wrote: 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. An immediate EKG may not have shown anything, but a follow-up by a cardiologist might have shown problems. 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. RF frequency burns are nastier than DC or low frequency, and are much more disruptive to the body's electrical/nervous system. They can also burn internally, with little outward burn shown. A co-worker some years ago was sloppy, and put a few hundred watts of RF through his hand. Nasty burn which took a very long time to heal. Over 15 years, but I bet he still has a scar. My advice is to avoid zapping anything you can't buy at the parts store. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:18:38 +1000, "Alex Gibson"
wrote: 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. An immediate EKG may not have shown anything, but a follow-up by a cardiologist might have shown problems. 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. RF frequency burns are nastier than DC or low frequency, and are much more disruptive to the body's electrical/nervous system. They can also burn internally, with little outward burn shown. A co-worker some years ago was sloppy, and put a few hundred watts of RF through his hand. Nasty burn which took a very long time to heal. Over 15 years, but I bet he still has a scar. My advice is to avoid zapping anything you can't buy at the parts store. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) ------------------------------------------------ at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom |
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![]() "Paul Burridge" wrote in message = ... =20 The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? =20 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 |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:25:06 -0500, "john graesser"
wrote: That wasn't the scariest shock event in my life, I was driving down the highway, and felt the hair raise up on my arms. Then there was a boom and my car radio stopped working. That was the one time that I was in a lightning event. For a moment there I thought you were about to tell us you were abducted by aliens. :-) -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:25:06 -0500, "john graesser"
wrote: That wasn't the scariest shock event in my life, I was driving down the highway, and felt the hair raise up on my arms. Then there was a boom and my car radio stopped working. That was the one time that I was in a lightning event. For a moment there I thought you were about to tell us you were abducted by aliens. :-) -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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No, but I have been cured of AIDS, just got a set
of spark plugs for my Diesel lorry and a couple of skyhooks to hold up my HF dipole! Theo |
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