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Re: When was the last time you cycled 300-450 Volts through your body?

Posted by danlaudionut (A) on April 16, 2007 at 08:36:41

In Reply to: When was the last time you cycled 300-450 Volts through your body? posted by Frihed89 on April 15, 2007 at 14:19:16:

Frihed89

I just got shocked with B+ about 2 weeks ago.
Nothing new for me though.
I can take 120Vac with no problem but
I know I am weird but still don't do it on purpose
anymore which I did many times when I was a kid.

The most voltage was discharging a CRT - ~20KV.
(I was incapacitated for almost an hour)

The most current was discharging two capacitors
the size of car batteries in the rain.
(I still have the scar to prove it)

The most painful was 440VAC 400 Hertz from a
6 cylinder deisel generator.
(They don't call it HERTZ for nothing - It HURTS)

These were while I was in the Marine Corp
while troubleshooting on a Radar System.
Nothing since then compares with these.

I think the worst was when my mother's cellar flooded
and the sump pump had tripped the circuit breaker.
I had the stand in a couple feet of water holding the pump
above the water line while being shocked with 120VAC.
NOT recommended but it needed to be done.
But then again I am not the norm and I know it.
My mother said that I used to unscrew lightbulbs and
stick my hand in the socket when I was very young.
She had to put ointment on my burns several times.
I do not remember this but I don't doubt it.

My right hand makes a very good TV antenna and
my left hand makes a very good FM antenna.
BUT the opposite isn't true.
Go figure.

DanL

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