For those who work with electricity...worst shock you have take

[minendo]

Had a 480 blow up in my hand. All I remember is plugging it in and a bright flash. I remember the flash and the moment when it appeared as though if time stopped. Everyone looking at me froze in time as I looked around the floor. Moments later my boss asked me if I was ok and I replied "sure."

My arm was black and I was stunned. A few hours later my chest hurt, yet I still refused to go the ER.

 

[Powermoloch]

I remembered when I was a kid getting shocked while inserting a f'd upped plug into a socket. I actually got stuck and screamed . That was scary.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

 

[keeleysam]

Removing an Xbox power supply without realizing that it was still plugged in.

I fell to my side and could not move for a few seconds.

 

[Heisenberg]

I've never actually been shocked worse than a mild tingling. We use HV supplies at work all the time that put out several kilovolts, so I hope I never do.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

Why would 120V be more deadly than 440V?

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

Why would 120V be more deadly than 440V?

Higher amperage?

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

Why would 120V be more deadly than 440V?

Higher amperage?

No. 440v will throw you away from the circuit. 120v causes the muscles in your arm to contract. If you touch the energized item with your palm facing it, a lot of times your hand will clench around it, keeping you on the circuit...

The 400Hz just makes it bloody fvcking painful.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

Why would 120V be more deadly than 440V?

Higher amperage?

No. 440v will throw you away from the circuit. 120v causes the muscles in your arm to contract. If you touch the energized item with your palm facing it, a lot of times your hand will clench around it, keeping you on the circuit...

The 400Hz just makes it bloody fvcking painful.

I always thought the "let go limit" was a function of current, and didn't have an upper bound beyond which you would actually be repelled from the circuit.

 

[BoomerD]

I worked as the crane operator for an electrical utility for about 7 yrs. Saw a few linemen get zapped by high voltage. Not pretty. They made us watch a movie about electrical burns in one of our safety meetings...ugly sh!t there...cooks you from the inside out.. Even though there may be no visible damage to the outer surfaces, you COULD have damaged tissue inside. Not seeing a doctor is plain stupid...
I used to hate having to take the crane into an energized substation to work...Lots of bare high voltage wires running everywhere, and even though we'd ground the crant to their ground grid, there were times when the hairs on my arm or back of my neck would stand up from the static charges in the air...spooky ******...Electricity is NOT forgiving...

 

[thescreensavers]

I was building something i don't remember but it was left plugged in and then I got electrocuted fora full 3 sec until my bro pulled the plug Scared the ****** out of me and my bro said OMFG your finger it black. yes my index finger was black. I washed it all off. and then I went to see if i can move my finger ans yes i can its fully functional. All the nerves works everything. I am extremely lucky and that my closest encounter With death.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

took a plug that was being used to bring electricity from another house to mine via a socket, the moment i touched the pins i was thrown to the ground....

 

[VTHodge]

Originally posted by: minendo
My arm was black and I was stunned. A few hours later my chest hurt, yet I still refused to go the ER.

That is just dumb. There is no reason to not get medical attention. That is what it is there for.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
440v, 400Hz. Luckily it wasn't 120v, 400Hz, else I'd probably be dead.

Why would 120V be more deadly than 440V?

Higher amperage?

No. 440v will throw you away from the circuit. 120v causes the muscles in your arm to contract. If you touch the energized item with your palm facing it, a lot of times your hand will clench around it, keeping you on the circuit...

The 400Hz just makes it bloody fvcking painful.

440V does not "throw you away from the circuit" - the concept of being thrown from a circuit is due to muscles in the body suddenly reacting due to the current.

3rd worst: Stepping over a single strand of electric fencing while out fishing.. I didn't know it was electrified.

2nd worst: tapped electric fencing (with the back of my fingers) to see if it was electrified. Nope, it wasn't. (Actually, my sneakers apparently made me well enough insulated.) As I held the strand up for my wife to go under, the big metal gate started swinging in the breeze toward my wife. With my left hand holding the wire, my right hand caught the fence. That stuff is designed to stop 1000 pound cattle... And here I was, sandwiched between the wire and a metal gate.

Worst: Awesome day for static electricity; the van de graaff was hitting better than 100,000 volts. I decided to charge up a big leyden jar I had. Shortly later, while holding the bottom of the leyden jar with my left hand, and opening a door with my right hand, my right forearm bumped the top of the ledyen jar. I was on the floor, incapacitated for a good 10 minutes or so. Thankfully, it didn't occur in front of students. That one bothered me for the rest of the day.

 

[Vegitto]

Trying to salvage parts from an old TV. I can't remember why I did that.

Apparantly, trying to wiggle it out with your hands is NOT a good idea .

 

[eunsang]

tried to electricute a worm on those electrified fences for cows, i wanted to drop the worm but the worm wiggled a lil bit and touched the fence while i was holding it.. small shock but nothing too bad.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

I've slipped with a screwdriver a few times close to a live (low-voltage) wire and gotten a small zap for my carelessness. Worst accident I had was touching a diode in the electronics lab that was conducting a little over an amp and burned my forefinger.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: minendo
Had a 480 blow up in my hand. All I remember is plugging it in and a bright flash. I remember the flash and the moment when it appeared as though if time stopped. Everyone looking at me froze in time as I looked around the floor. Moments later my boss asked me if I was ok and I replied "sure."

My arm was black and I was stunned. A few hours later my chest hurt, yet I still refused to go the ER.

No :camera:s minendo?

 

[skyking]

I was repairing a dredge rig from an aluminum boat. (IUOE, waves at BoomerD)
We had a welder up on the dock, and I was using AC rod to patch some pipe. I had secured the pieces with tie wire, and while welding I accidentally "picked up" a piece of the wire. I cleared the rod out of the stinger, but for that hidden bit of wire. I touched it to my thigh. Damn, it bit me through my thigh into the aluminum seat and into Puget sound below. My leg was sore for a couple of weeks.

 

[Number1]

Working on a modulator at school I touched the 550 VAC. Everything went black and then I let go. I had to sit down for a few minutes after that.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I don't work with electricty for a living... but i've done a few wiring projects and i'm always very alert, cautious and paranoid during those times when i'm working in areas that might be live.

I don't think I could do that for a living.

 

[miniMUNCH]

I worked for several years as a control system engineer.

I shocked myself once or twice on 110V, just a finger...nothing major. I caught a 220V line once...again just a finger but it hurt.

I have always been very careful around electricity.