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Old Seagull Man
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Posted: 04:09am 29 Jun 2021

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Edited 2021-06-29 14:12 by Old Seagull Man

Davo99
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Posted: 04:42am 29 Jun 2021

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Got to be a put up.
Surely no one can be that stupid or Drunk.

Grogster

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Posted: 05:31am 29 Jun 2021

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Sure they can.

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

Warpspeed
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Posted: 07:45am 29 Jun 2021

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Two more contenders for the Darwin award.

Cheers, �Tony.

Davo99
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Posted: 08:03am 29 Jun 2021

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3 I think Tony, there is a hand on the table on the right.
Disturbing part is guy leaning on the side looks happy like he recognises the stupidity of it and thinks it's a laugh.

I still don't totally get electricity I have to say. I have held 130V from solar panels in my hand pressing the wires tight and I could barely feel a Tingle. I was adding panels and ramping up testing and Checking with a MM. I wasn't game to go over 130 in case there was something I was missing but I did do it on different days and still couldn't feel more than the slightest Buzz... Which seemed odd seeing it was DC...

DC is supposed to be worse than AC so how do people get electrocuted from 110 AC?

Warpspeed
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Posted: 08:22am 29 Jun 2021

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Davo99 said
I still don't totally get electricity I have to say. I have held 130V from solar panels in my hand pressing the wires tight and I could barely feel a Tingle. I was adding panels and ramping up testing and Checking with a MM. I wasn't game to go over 130 in case there was something I was missing but I did do it on different days and still couldn't feel more than the slightest Buzz... Which seemed odd seeing it was DC...

DC is supposed to be worse than AC so how do people get electrocuted from 110 AC?

Ah Dave, like myself you are a crusty old bugger with dry skin.

If you soak your hands in very hot soapy water for a while, apply apply skin mosturiser, you will then really jump, at even a low voltage. The girls really are more sensitive to electric shock than us guys.

Dc is more dangerous but it will not pass through an insulator like dry skin.
AC on the other hand will pass through an insulator (which can act like a capacitor) and dry skin will not save you quite so well.

Cheers, �Tony.

SimpleSafeName

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Posted: 12:33pm 29 Jun 2021

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Back in the day, the "entrance exam" for becoming an apprentice electrician was how well you tolerated electricity, since we couldn't be bothered to turn it off. I passed that test.

The "new" way of doing things by turning it off first is such a bother.

As for AC or DC being the dangerous one, it's gotta be DC. With AC you get 100 to 120 opportunities a second to let go. ;>

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