So who's given themself an electrick shock?

Volts jolts, mills kills. IIRC.

Old valve guitar and bass amps are quite a common source of shocks for the musicians that still use them. I have been saved that particular one so far, but I have witnessed it happening quite a few times. Another hazard for musicians is ground lifts on microphone, a bassist friend of mine had rather an unpleasant one though probably not overly dangerous, a shock from a 40v lifted mic to the lips, earthed through the Bass which presumably was taking its earth reference from the 0v mains earth! My best friend who is a sparky has a device that detects AC clipped onto his wrist at all times when he is working, so if he gets close to touching something that is still live it starts making a racket! My grandfather who used to rewire houses he was renovating back in the days where a qualified electrician was considered a luxury in the building trade, has a few holes in his hands from 'hot' wires!

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Originally posted by Dave996: Anyone get a shock of a Burndy? lol.

Yes, from the price tag

Andrew

Lol.

Ever get bitten by a SNAIC?

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Originally posted by PJT:

FYI, SMALL electric fence units are 5000 volts (enough for up to 20 acres)

I climbed over an electric fence once trying not to touch it, but I got myself where it hurts most. That was enough for 2 acres.
arf arf.

The saddest thing about electric fences is that actually can kill sheep, partly because the mutton headed ones sometimes jump the wrong way and get impossibly tangled with the fence and simply end up twitching [dead after a while] till someone turns the fence off and pulls the carcase out. I have had this unpleasant job to do on too many occasions. I prefer proper fences for sheep.

Sheep also die quite quickly if they get stuck in a ditch or on their backs ...

It seems a proportion of sheep have a death wish ...

George

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
It seems a proportion of sheep have a death wish ...

Well then, that's lucky, considering why we grow them in the first place.

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Originally posted by GFFJ:
It seems a proportion of sheep have a death wish ...



Well then, that's lucky, considering why we grow them in the first place.

George,

Have had to rescue a few from electric fences in my time, when out driving, walking, cycling, quading etc. Not the easiest of things to do as I generally don't know where the damned things are connected and of course the poor critter is panicking like crazy and thrashing about. Easiest when quading though as the protective gear is also effective against electricity and kicking!!!

Too much about sheep here.

Lets get back to pinball machines we have known and loved. My favourites were the Gottliebs from the late sixties and early seventies; pre-digital, electo-mechanical, no silly noises or voices, but quite complex games.

It may be a bit sad, but it's better than sheep.

So you got a shock from a pinball machine?

Yes, and not just from the graphics.

Something else. An RCD will save you from a lot of shocks, but if you short the circuit it won't work in the same way.

Can you have an RCD and MCB working together?

Sorry to labour the point but why was I able to survive a full 240V hit right across my chest (in through the right hand, out through the left). It felt like I'd been grabbed tightly by the inside of my forearms and was more unpleasant than painful.

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Sorry to labour the point but why was I able to survive a full 240V hit right across my chest (in through the right hand, out through the left). It felt like I'd been grabbed tightly by the inside of my forearms and was more unpleasant than painful.

Because you did not draw enough current (amps)to kill you. In the words of a tune "Your Resistance Was High".

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Can you have an RCD and MCB working together?

Yes, and you usually do for your sockets on a modern split board consumer unit. The MCBs are required by law in new instalations, and the RCD in any application where the appliance might be used outside, exposed to water or the cable might accidently be cut. Hence on a split board you usually have a single RCD protecting all the socket circuits, which then have individual breakers, and just MCBs on the lighting circuits.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

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Sorry to labour the point but why was I able to survive a full 240V hit right across my chest (in through the right hand, out through the left). It felt like I'd been grabbed tightly by the inside of my forearms and was more unpleasant than painful.

Because you did not draw enough current (amps)to kill you. In the words of a tune "Your Resistance Was High".

Sorry again for going on about it but why was that?
Was it me? Am I immune? I know this sounds daft but an electrician who used to work in my college was able to touch live mains with a heavily scarred finger without feeling it.
Was it what I was wearing?
Was it the atmospheric conditions?
Was it the environmental conditions? e.g. was the carpet some sort of insulator (or perhaps the opposite).
Was it a fluke?

A fluke. Don't try it again. One of these times it will simply kill you.

I suppose there is a reason why the thread is not called, "Who has electrocuted themselves?"

George

Thanks for you concern George but I've no intention of making a habit of it! Although it wasn't terribly painful at the time, as the day wore on I became more and more shaken at the realisation that I could well have been killed.

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Sorry again for going on about it but why was that?
Was it me? Am I immune? I know this sounds daft but an electrician who used to work in my college was able to touch live mains with a heavily scarred finger without feeling it.
Was it what I was wearing?
Was it the atmospheric conditions?
Was it the environmental conditions? e.g. was the carpet some sort of insulator (or perhaps the opposite).
Was it a fluke?

Yes and no to all of those.
Having not been there who can say.
If you were sweating may be you would not be typing here.
You have resistance ie some sort of insulation which only allowed a small current to "zap" you They contact was short very low power etc etc.
BTW if you tried it on purpose you would probably suffer a far worse shock.Some people get shocks of 9 or 12v batteries others can "test" for mains or even 440v, it all depends how you are built and your skin/body resistance at the time.

Tripped and hit the third rail of the EL train in Chicago while taking pictures of 'Subways on Sundays', a project for my photography class in college.
The experience was like being kicked by a mule. I called the CTA (Chicago Transit Authorities) to ask about the voltage I was playing with. Their answer was: 400 volts. They also wanted to know if I were still alive.

Haim

You win