have you provided electricity with a path to ground, tell us about it...

[Skitzo]

k I'd have to say that electricity has never really intimidated me. In fact, I've done some stupid things with electricity.

I took a week off work to travel for a good friend's sister's wedding. (It's a valid reason to party in my books) The wedding happened the second day i was there... ya ya wedding stuff ya ya... A little bit after the ceremony the bride and groom asked my friend and I to stay at their place while they honeymooned. I'm outta town already so one place is the same as another. Get up the next morning and look out back ... hot tub in the middle of the deck... sweet! "Hey man, let's fire it up and have some people over tonight" I hear as I'm having a very similar thought. So the plan has been set and is now in motion. Turned the tub on, went shopping for party supplies (food and booze pretty much, and a jumbo value pack of super absorbant paper towel.) we get back after a couple of hours to find that the hot tub is not very warm. We knew we were pushing warm up time as it was so we had to act fast. Back to town to the appliance store to pick up a thermostat. Noooooooo, gotta wait 2 weeks for them to get it in for me. Thats not gonna help much, back to the house to figure this out. So we decide in our infinate wisdom only available after a few beers that we are gonna wire around the thermostat so it's on high or it's off. Not too smart lol. It didn't take 5 seconds for me to learn what 220V feels like. I couldn't move, I couldn't see, I could hear though. I could hear my dumbass friend laughing and rolling around on the deck. It took way too long for the breaker to kick (I guess I wasn't very conductive that day) so I had lots of time to listen to him laugh. I didn't really get any burns, just some little spots on my fingers. i was pretty lucky.

But hey, the tub was hot and the party lasted all night....:rockout:

[panchoman]

guess im not the craziest one here anymore! w00t!


....sorry about you getting zapped..

[Skitzo]

lol, that's just one experience. High voltage coil from a ignition system is even more fun:laugh:



I've heard crt monitors can provide similar entertainment

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Me@2 years old + hair pin + wall socket. There you go.

Sad part is, I did it a few more times within the following weeks...

guess I liked the buzz.

[Skitzo]

too funny been there. I was 3 and it was tweezers...
then at 5 i saw a cartoon sticking his thumb in a light socket so I guess i felt compelled to try it

Anyone who says you can't get shocked by peeing on an electric fence is incorrect.:) It's not like a hot tube at 220v but it's still not pleasant...:)

[DOM]

in 7th grade science class had a staple droped in the socket on the table, tryed to get it out and i felt the shock but got all warm and could feel my heart beat lol never again put anything in a socket besides a pulg :p

[AsRock]

Me@2 years old + hair pin + wall socket. There you go.

Sad part is, I did it a few more times within the following weeks...

guess I liked the buzz.

lol..

in training in a TV shop and the guy thought it be funny to encourage me to touch a part that i should not lol. Learned me well that guy as i have never been shocked by a TV since.

Another time was a faulty belt of a Aiwa HIFI tape deck and was regressing it and replacing a belt and touched one pin of the transformer that gazed me some with a few steps back. I'm just glad it was not both pins even more so on a 230v line.

[imperialreign]

worst I've done was 2 months ago at work . . .

I was trying to diagnose a dead-misfire on a 1997 Ford Taurus - the car ran and all, but one cylinder just wasn't firing. First order of business is to check that the ignition coil is actually firing or not (you other mechanics already know where this is going . . .); anyhow, I picked up my spark plug wire removal tool, and not thinking about (cause it has never been an issue before), pulled a wire boot off the spark plug . . . with the motor running (if the coil is firing that cylinder, you can hear the "pop" as the current jumps the gap between the wire and the spark plug). For some ungodly reason, instead of the current jumping that gap, or jumping straight to ground (engine), it fired through the rubber boot to the plug wire pullers, traveled that to my hand where it jumped from the end of the pliers to my palm, went through me and exited around my kneecar where it arced back to a bolt on the body of the vehicle. I took 3-4 hits like that before I realized what the hell just bit me and let go of the pliers . . . needless to say it about put me on the floor as well, and I was weak for the rest of the day.


It might not sound all that bad, really - but a typical ignition coil on a modern vehicle is capable of producing upwards of 35,000 (yes, there's a comma there) volts, hi-performance coils can hit 60-90,000v. I have no idea just how much juice I took, but I'll say the arc from my knee back to the car was still bright-ass neon blue . . .

[Skitzo]

lol..

in training in a TV shop and the guy thought it be funny to encourage me to touch a part that i should not lol. Learned me well that guy as i have never been shocked by a TV since.

yep, thats what I'm talking about, what happened when you touched it? Ignition coil is supposed to be 70000 volts on average (back in mid 90's) unless it's high performance. It never got me that bad but I saw two guys get tossed back 8 - 10 feet from a coil discharge.
Docrt monitors pose a greater risk or are they about the same as a crt tv?

[Skitzo]

worst I've done was 2 months ago at work . . .

I was trying to diagnose a dead-misfire on a 1997 Ford Taurus - the car ran and all, but one cylinder just wasn't firing. First order of business is to check that the ignition coil is actually firing or not (you other mechanics already know where this is going . . .); anyhow, I picked up my spark plug wire removal tool, and not thinking about (cause it has never been an issue before), pulled a wire boot off the spark plug . . . with the motor running (if the coil is firing that cylinder, you can hear the "pop" as the current jumps the gap between the wire and the spark plug). For some ungodly reason, instead of the current jumping that gap, or jumping straight to ground (engine), it fired through the rubber boot to the plug wire pullers, traveled that to my hand where it jumped from the end of the pliers to my palm, went through me and exited around my kneecar where it arced back to a bolt on the body of the vehicle. I took 3-4 hits like that before I realized what the hell just bit me and let go of the pliers . . . needless to say it about put me on the floor as well, and I was weak for the rest of the day.


It might not sound all that bad, really - but a typical ignition coil on a modern vehicle is capable of producing upwards of 35,000 (yes, there's a comma there) volts, hi-performance coils can hit 60-90,000v. I have no idea just how much juice I took, but I'll say the arc from my knee back to the car was still bright-ass neon blue . . .

fun fun fun

hey man they got these devices that plug between th cap and wire so you don't gotta hold nothing while it's running. They light up when a spark fires through ... maybe check them out. this is how I learned about them lol

off topic i managed to get an 81 toyota sb with a 22R to run on 1 cylinder and drove it for 20 min across town. The only thing shocking about that is the lack of spark going to three cylinders lol (I only remembered cause the mechanic I took it to laughed his ass off as he pulled off one wire after the another with no consequence.

[imperialreign]

fun fun fun

hey man they got these devices that plug between th cap and wire so you don't gotta hold nothing while it's running. maybe check them out.

off topic i managed to get an 81 toyota sb with a 22R to run on 1 cylinder and drove it for 20 min across town. The only thing shocking about that is the lack of spark going to three cylinders lol (I only remembered cause the mechanic I took it to laughed his ass off as he pulled off one wire after the another with no consequence.

oh, I've got spark checkers (both the standard spark-plug lookin ones, and the style for coil-on-plug designs) . . . but, using those tools, you've got to turn the vehicle off, set up the spark checker where you can see it, crank the car and confirm spark for that cylinder, reset up for next cylinder, crank the car, etc . . .

yanking wires is quicker, as you can pull one, listen, reattach, pull next one, listen, etc . . .

. . . but quicker also comes with a risk.

Thank god it wasn't a hi-performance ignition coil, or a newer coil on a v8 . . . even if it's only popping 15,000 volts per shot - you're not hit with just one pop, it's a few over a very shot period of time, and each pop at very similar voltages . . . just doing the math, if a motor is running 700 RPM, you'd take a hit about 3 times per second (700 RPM / 4 [1 out of every 4 strokes is a power stroke] = 175 / 60 [seconds in a minute] = 2.91). That's a lot of repeat juice to take in a short amount of time.

IMO, I'd rather take one single pop instead of being machine gunned . . .

thankfully, though, ignition coils put out negligible amperage!

[Skitzo]

yeah, i kinda figured you already had experience with them, it was just a little humour.
Those coils are a bitch though. They bite hard.
Any idea what a crt monitor can put out?

[Solaris17]

best thing i ever did was a year or so ago..my lamp would turn on i was like WTF? so i turn the little head a couple more times..you know that knob on most lamps and it refused to turn on...so i pull the bulb out and shake it...nothing..i look in the socket and their was a p[eice of paper...i was like WTF?.....it must have been in the threads and eventually just cut the connection cause it had ridges on it and looked like the factory cardboard protector stuff.....so i decided to take it out...LOL well being me i hadnt thought of how many times i clicked the light i reach my fingure in their and was PLEASENTLY surprised to find my arm knotting up and me getting scared shitless...after grounding out for about 6 seconds i pull my fingure out omg wow the pain was crazy and my arm felt like it was floating..

[AsRock]

yep, thats what I'm talking about, what happened when you touched it? Ignition coil is supposed to be 70000 volts on average (back in mid 90's) unless it's high performance. It never got me that bad but I saw two guys get tossed back 8 - 10 feet from a coil discharge.
Docrt monitors pose a greater risk or are they about the same as a crt tv?


20" TV 18 year ago lol. He knew full well what he was telling me to do and it was not the greatest shock the Aiwa Tape deck was much worse. But he told me he did to learn me the dangers as if you touch the rear of a TV tube that will blast you across the room. An never forgot it lol.

Bigger the tube bigger the hit so to speak. You typically find a black like box fairly big with a rubber tube that connect to one side of the tube it's self kinda like a sucker whot you see on the end of a kids arrow ?.. And to earth it you would have to plug in the TV ( NOT turned on ) and use a screw driver to the wire around the tube to the black rubber sucker like thing. Sorry forgot the real name for it lol. What this would do is discharge the TV so you could safely take it apart as they can hold a charge for many many years.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

When I was a kid I seen the movie Ernest Goes to Jail. The part where he is in the electrical chair inspired me to "supercharge" my little wristwatch. I had one of those coils for a draw back car (I think that's what it's called, you pull the car backwards and it will race off forward) and I plugged the two ends into the light socket and was treated to the best light show of my life. I shook for hours and had to be taken the the emergency room.

[blkhogan]

Hahahaha... good stuff electricity :rockout: I work in heating and cooling. My best was about 4 years ago working in a paper plant over on the WA coast. I was called in because one of their transformer stations was getting over heated and was shutting down controls. I go in and check it out. I start the system check and find that the system had cycled off on an over temp safety. The shift stupidvisor assured me that the power was shut off and taged out of order. So me being the trusting guy that I am reached into the unit without checking for voltages. Oh did I tell you that the system ran off 477v 3 phase power? Well it did, and I found out the hard way that I am not as fast as electric current :shadedshu. I stuck my hand in and hit all 3 legs of power @ once. Well to make a long story short I had to buy new boots, socks, pants, and underwear. I am a person that believes in buying only the best of work boots. The boots actualy saved my life :respect: The doctor said after the fact that a shot of voltage like that actualy stops the heart for a short time.
Walked away with only minor burns on my feet and hands. NEVER trust another person when they tell you that the power is off :mad:

[russianboy]

I was building a strobe light out of a camera flash.

The voltage isn't high, like 300-500 volts, but the amperage is through the roof when the capacitor is charged enough. I don't know what happened, but a spark jumped, and I was on the ground.

It happened twice...scary shit.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Blkhogan, that one made my day that you needed new underwear. Thanks.

[UnkAsn93]

Oh my god...

you're lucky to be alive!

[Solaris17]

I found out the hard way that I am not as fast as electric current :shadedshu.

wow if i had room in my sig i would quote that your amazing :respect:

[Wile E]

worst I've done was 2 months ago at work . . .

I was trying to diagnose a dead-misfire on a 1997 Ford Taurus - the car ran and all, but one cylinder just wasn't firing. First order of business is to check that the ignition coil is actually firing or not (you other mechanics already know where this is going . . .); anyhow, I picked up my spark plug wire removal tool, and not thinking about (cause it has never been an issue before), pulled a wire boot off the spark plug . . . with the motor running (if the coil is firing that cylinder, you can hear the "pop" as the current jumps the gap between the wire and the spark plug). For some ungodly reason, instead of the current jumping that gap, or jumping straight to ground (engine), it fired through the rubber boot to the plug wire pullers, traveled that to my hand where it jumped from the end of the pliers to my palm, went through me and exited around my kneecar where it arced back to a bolt on the body of the vehicle. I took 3-4 hits like that before I realized what the hell just bit me and let go of the pliers . . . needless to say it about put me on the floor as well, and I was weak for the rest of the day.


It might not sound all that bad, really - but a typical ignition coil on a modern vehicle is capable of producing upwards of 35,000 (yes, there's a comma there) volts, hi-performance coils can hit 60-90,000v. I have no idea just how much juice I took, but I'll say the arc from my knee back to the car was still bright-ass neon blue . . .I always hated checking for spark. Those little bastards can bite. lol.

[intel igent]

let's just say it's happened more time's than i can count on both hands :rockout:

is that chicken i smell?

thankfully we're all here to laugh about it

[Error 404]

I was playing around with a camera's flash circuit, and then once I figured out that those two contacts zapped like hell, I made a taser out of it and took it to school! (I was in year 7 at the time). My friends found it fun to see how long they could hold the electrodes: my fingers were numb for the rest of the day!

Also, microwave turntable motors produce a very tame high voltage current, which feels weirdly pleasent when you hold both electrodes and turn the motor.
Electricity is fun. :) Except for when it hurts...

[Wile E]

I was playing around with a camera's flash circuit, and then once I figured out that those two contacts zapped like hell, I made a taser out of it and took it to school! (I was in year 7 at the time). My friends found it fun to see how long they could hold the electrodes: my fingers were numb for the rest of the day!

Also, microwave turntable motors produce a very tame high voltage current, which feels weirdly pleasent when you hold both electrodes and turn the motor.
Electricity is fun. :) Except for when it hurts...

Let me guess, you're one of the kids that used to lick 9V batteries for fun, right? lol.

[Error 404]

Let me guess, you're one of the kids that used to lick 9V batteries for fun, right? lol.

No, I don't do the licking stuff, but my friend licked a 12 volt output from a transformer for an electric keyboard.:laugh:

[intel igent]

Let me guess, you're one of the kids that used to lick 9V batteries for fun, right? lol.

:lookaround:

[Skitzo]

this is great, i knew others would have some good stories lol. Why do we screw around with stuff that is bad for us? cause we like it!!

BlkHogan, dude you survived something that most don't. i was told 220V three phase would kill ya, not me ... and I was in shorts and sandals. You are very lucky...

I left this out cause I was curious to see if anyone would notice, but getting the shock from the hot tub didn't stp me from finishing the job. The party must go on lol. When the breaker finally kicked, I fell back on the deck. After about 30 seconds my buddy brought me another beer; after a quick shotgun, i finished the wire around (without turning off the power). i try not to dumb shit like that anymore, but when beer is added, intelligence drops and stupidity soars lol.


Am I really the only one to get shocked peeing on an electric fence?

That's another funny one. had a little party on the farm one weekend. we cleared some trees and had a huge burn pile to get rid of. 'bout 2 am when everyone is nicely drunk, I walk over to a ditch beside the field we were in. gotta pee, you know, one of those i just finished my 5th beer since i pee'd last. Damn grazing feilds and home made electric fences. Mythbusters says it's not possible cause pee isn't a solid stream. k what if you gotta pee really bad and are pushing it out with all force you can. I got tossed back on my ass and rolled into a ditch full of water. thankfully no burns, and yes, atleast 100 people had a really good laugh and i heard the jokes for a long time. I laughed at every joke cause lets face it, who wouldn't:)

[BarbaricSoul]

Am I really the only one to get shocked peeing on an electric fence?

No :shadedshu

I was out hunting with some friends and family and had to relieve myself. I didnt notice the fence wires coming from behind the tree(damn home install jobs). Talk about a BIG SURPRISE. Once it started, there was no stopping til my bladder was empty.

[Error 404]

Oh, not quite electricity related but I think its still relevant: My friend, (not the one who licked the transformer), accidentally picked up a soldering iron by the wrong end!
He had to wear bandages for a week afterwards...

[Skitzo]

ouch, man that's not something i've done ... yet. i do have the bad habbit of soldering batteries though ... one day one might explode.

[blkhogan]

ouch, man that's not something i've done ... yet. i do have the bad habbit of soldering batteries though ... one day one might explode.


Hahahaha..... what we do for fun :laugh:
Ive been shocked by 220v a few times. Remember its not the voltage that kills you but the amperage. The higher the voltage the lower the amps. More people are killed by 120v than by the higer voltages. I take that back.... enough voltage can kill you, but a very little amps can kill you. I think its down around 1/3 to 1/2 or of an amp can be deadly.
I can tell stories all day about working on roof equipment while its raining sideways standing in a few inches of water. :eek: Yes, I am an idiot sometimes but I get payed very well to be at risk. I guess God has decided a few times that its not my time yet. :respect:

[Skitzo]

No :shadedshu

I was out hunting with some friends and family and had to relieve myself. I didnt notice the fence wires coming from behind the tree(damn home install jobs). Talk about a BIG SURPRISE. Once it started, there was no stopping til my bladder was empty.

i guess in a way i was lucky, the fence that shocked me had the power increased. One dumbass cow kept pushing through so, more power. That cow had it in for me, in the milking parlor she managed to stand on my forearm and keep me pinned for a few minutes. dam cows are heavy, good thing she didn't twist her footing or shift her weight. i think she was the one that was always trying to crap on me too lol.

[Skitzo]

I can tell stories all day about working on roof equipment while its raining sideways standing in a few inches of water. :eek: Yes, I am an idiot sometimes but I get payed very well to be at risk. I guess God has decided a few times that its not my time yet. :respect:

i was gonna ask if any one has any water shock stories, don't have one myself.:rockout:



more stories, less lookie-loo's ... electricity is all around us and so is stupidity. i know you are out there lol

[psyko12]

Hmm, when I was a gradeschooler, grabbed my dad's cellphone charger line and sipped on it, my tongue was numb after that... And they thought I hadn't learned how to speak properly/straight.

Was cleaning my pc the other week forgot to discharge the psu, hit the the backside of the metal case with an un-insulated screwdriver (those precision small screw drivers) and zappp my thumb and boy it was numb the whole night..

[Skitzo]

Was cleaning my pc the other week forgot to discharge the psu, hit the the backside of the metal case with an un-insulated screwdriver (those precision small screw drivers) and zappp my thumb and boy it was numb the whole night..

:eek:holy crap, i didn't know that was possible. Were you inside the psu? was the screwdriver touching another component? please explain a little better, this could be important lol.

[psyko12]

^ Was trying to poke (remove a cobweb or dust ball from inside) the psu and hit a wire or something charged.. Never again would I do that with a metal thing.. Lol me and my nubness.

[Skitzo]

cool, thanx. i don't do that so i don't have to be concerned lol. Maybe i'll be able to make a list of things not to do in the future :) ... Maybe rename the thread "Power Saving Tips" :roll:

[psyko12]

^ Lol :laugh:

[intel igent]

psyko12 to avoid that i do this when cleaning my PSU :

air duster with long nozzle attachement through the front and a vaccuum cleaner at the back. use them at the same time

this method has worked very well for me as when i opened my PSU earlier this year to mod it it was VERY clean inside

to discharge my PSU i disconnect the main power and turn the system on, then i wait a day or two to make shure before going inside.

:toast:

[philbrown23]

I pee'd on an electric fence once, dont know why but I did. needless to say, thought my pecker fell of and my nads were blck and blue for a week.

[Skitzo]

I pee'd on an electric fence once, dont know why but I did. needless to say, thought my pecker fell of and my nads were blck and blue for a week.

ROFLMAO, it hurts lol, I hope i don't pee myself. :roll:
I don't believe your nads were black and blue ... I don't think electricity can do that to brass lol

I've done things to see if I would get a shock but that is one tool I have never volunteered for the job. Wow man ... you deided to do that? I think that goes beyond my bad electricity related decisions.

[psyko12]

psyko12 to avoid that i do this when cleaning my PSU :

air duster with long nozzle attachement through the front and a vaccuum cleaner at the back. use them at the same time

this method has worked very well for me as when i opened my PSU earlier this year to mod it it was VERY clean inside

to discharge my PSU i disconnect the main power and turn the system on, then i wait a day or two to make shure before going inside.

:toast:

Thnx! Gonna try that!! Although I'm traumatized lmao!! :rockout:

[Solaris17]

lol this one has to do with me but from help of one of my buds we were at a lan and he got his new antec900 so obviously we wated to see i was touching it and looking at the connectors at the top well he DID not ground something right i go to run my fingures on the huge fan grill on the front and me and one of my other friends got shocked lol we were like whoa!!! WTF just happened pat this isnt safe.

[Skitzo]

I've have fail to receive a shock from a computer so far. I'm surprized, sounds like it's pretty easy.:)

I am surprized, i though in a forum dealing with technology, there would be more great stories about electrical mishaps.

Don't be shy, tell us what you did...:rockout:

[Skitzo]

hey Imperialreign, have you ever grabbed the top of the cap (touch multiple wires) while it was running. I did that adjusting the timing, little more exciting than one wire. That was the toyota running on 1 cylinder. I guess the spark not going through the 3 dead plugs wanted to hangout with me instead. Atleast it wasn't a v8 :)

[spud107]

haha you too with the homemade taser at school, i got mine confiscated:D
one of the worst shocks iv had is from the tube of a tv i was fixing, cheap screwdrivers not good,

I was playing around with a camera's flash circuit, and then once I figured out that those two contacts zapped like hell, I made a taser out of it and took it to school! (I was in year 7 at the time). My friends found it fun to see how long they could hold the electrodes: my fingers were numb for the rest of the day!

Also, microwave turntable motors produce a very tame high voltage current, which feels weirdly pleasent when you hold both electrodes and turn the motor.
Electricity is fun. :) Except for when it hurts...

[intel igent]

hey Imperialreign, have you ever grabbed the top of the cap (touch multiple wires) while it was running.

on more than one occasion :eek: 3,4,6 and 8 cylinder motor's were involved :shadedshu

i'm very carefull now to not touch the top of the cap/coil while the car is on and now i let someone else grab the wire's or i reach for my spark tester and give a buddy a hollar ;)

i have a lighter that is NOT a lighter but a very lovely zapper it's GREAT for parties!

:toast:

[spud107]

i left one of those lighters at my work canteen, just sitting on the table, an hour later a cup of tea was over the wall . . .

[intel igent]

i left one of those lighters at my work canteen, just sitting on the table, an hour later a cup of tea was over the wall . . .

hehehe! theyr'e great ;) always get's me free drink's :D

[Skitzo]

ever know someone who can sleep through their alarm, driving anyone that can hear it crazy. My sister was like that. I always wanted to add a little mod to her clock. Not the most pleasant way to wake up but i bet after a couple shocks, she'd be awake as soon as it went off every time.:)
never did get around to it.

[Error 404]

haha you too with the homemade taser at school, i got mine confiscated:D
one of the worst shocks iv had is from the tube of a tv i was fixing, cheap screwdrivers not good,

How'd you make yours? Camera circuits?
Cheap disposable cameras with flash work quite well, and give a painful shock.;)

[Skitzo]

k no how to's. Just the story.:)

[lemonadesoda]

The biggest eshock I got was when trying to fix a wurlitzer. I was checking the voltages. I held the probes one in each hand. STUPIDLY, (because it was an electronics meter that allowed metering up to 1000v) I held the probes, as you do for stability, near the tips, fingers ON the tips. But the probles were not insulated.

http://img.techpowerup.org/080614/Capture056.png

When you usually handle small microelectronic devices... you can develop bad habits due to low voltages... i.e. finger tips on probes themselves for stability.

But do this with 240v and GUESS WHAT WENT FROM ONE HAND... across my chest... TO THE OTHER HAND.

I'll never make that mistake again.

P.S. If you have probles like the one in the picture below ON THE LEFT, THROW THEM AWAY and get a pair like with the finger STOPS on them like on the RIGHT. Even better to get one with a claw-hook on, so that you can connect it and not have to hold it. That way you only ever hold ONE probe at a time.

http://img.techpowerup.org/080614/Capture058.pnghttp://img.techpowerup.org/080614/Capture057.png

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

i got electrocuted and burnt at the same time by a vintage B&W tv ...

[spud107]

pretty much the entire circuit board minus flash, not much to it
How'd you make yours? Camera circuits?
Cheap disposable cameras with flash work quite well, and give a painful shock.;)

[intel igent]

do that via PM we are not all aspiring terrorists :rolleyes:

although there is a handfull of terrorists lurking around...........


:toast:

[OzzmanFloyd120]

do that via PM we are not all aspiring terrorists :rolleyes:

although there is a handfull of terrorists lurking around...........


:toast:

Pssssh, it's not like he's linking to how to guides for do-it-yourself atomic weaponry.

[Error 404]

Pssssh, it's not like he's linking to how to guides for do-it-yourself atomic weaponry.

Oh, thats easy, you just need some fissile uranium and two .45 cal handguns... :p

I wont go into details...;)

Anyway: does putting a bunch of AA batteries into a bottle of water and then lighting the hydrogen count as electrical stupidity?:D

[Wile E]

Hahahaha..... what we do for fun :laugh:
Ive been shocked by 220v a few times. Remember its not the voltage that kills you but the amperage. The higher the voltage the lower the amps. More people are killed by 120v than by the higer voltages. I take that back.... enough voltage can kill you, but a very little amps can kill you. I think its down around 1/3 to 1/2 or of an amp can be deadly.
I can tell stories all day about working on roof equipment while its raining sideways standing in a few inches of water. :eek: Yes, I am an idiot sometimes but I get payed very well to be at risk. I guess God has decided a few times that its not my time yet. :respect:

.1A can kill you, if it makes it across your chest.

[Skitzo]

with the number of registered users, you would think more people would have shocking stories. I don't think I can count the number of times i've replaced wall outlets without turning the power off.


i just had an interesting idea for the flash circuits. How long will they hold a charge, if it will last, behind the car stereo would be a good place. won't prevent anything but at least one could laugh when finding their stereo stolen:)

[blkhogan]

with the number of registered users, you would think more people would have shocking stories. I don't think I can count the number of times i've replaced wall outlets without turning the power off.


i just had an interesting idea for the flash circuits. How long will they hold a charge, if it will last, behind the car stereo would be a good place. won't prevent anything but at least one could laugh when finding their stereo stolen:)

I like that :rockout:. A buddy of mine had a problem with his moble systems being stolen. So his fix was setting up a spring loaded system that would release when the stereo was removed. On the spring assisted device he mounted 2 razor blades that would "gitcha" when the thing was pulled out. About a month later he had another break-in on his truck. He checked to see if his little "booby trap" worked, there was blood all over the floorboard of the drivers side. The stereo was laying in the drivers seat still in one piece. He saved the stereo, but gained a carpet cleaning bill.
A few days later believe it or not the cop's came a knockin at his door to serve a summons for a future court apperence, the guy sued him for "intent to cause bodily harm with a potentaly dangerous or deadly weapon". Well my buddy won the court case but got stuck paying 1/2 the emergency room bill. Isnt our justice system great :shadedshu

[Skitzo]

I heard about that Blkhogan, also heard about a store owner who kept getting robbed at night so he set up a double barrel at the door or something and well he didn't win the court case. Even if you catch the guy doing it and give him a good beat down your gonna pay. If these people decide to take something, they are gonna take it. If I can find a way to get a laugh from it, well then atleast it's a funny story:)