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Uncle Jesse wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:26 pm I'm glad you're ok.

Enjoy the adrenaline rush.

bcook608 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:27 pm

Uncle Jesse wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:26 pm I'm glad you're ok.

Enjoy the adrenaline rush.

Thanks. Got a nice little lightning burn on my thigh to remember it by...

Deplorable wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:49 pm

bcook608 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:27 pm

Uncle Jesse wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:26 pm I'm glad you're ok.

Enjoy the adrenaline rush.

Thanks. Got a nice little lightning burn on my thigh to remember it by...

You are very lucky that's all you got.
We all do stupid things from time to time. Like pick up a slab of dry ice with your bare fingers. Yeah, I just did that. Fortunately, I realized how stupid that was and very quickly set it back down.

elbono wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:00 pm That's called an arc flash explosion in the trade. I've lost a couple of screwdrivers in similar fashion.

We're your ears ringing? Some people need to put in ear plugs when doing electrical work! All depends on the size of the breaker. I used to work with stuff fed from a 2000 kva transformer. Here's the garb we wore for working inside the main panel:

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And yes I'm wearing earplugs inside there.

Luckily residential feeds are small enough it's fairly hard to kill yourself at home even though it's possible and you can definitely need to change your skivvies if you aren't careful.

I bet you make sure the breaker is off from now on.

bcook608 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:25 pm
Please refrain from any harassment or negative comments, I already know how lucky I just got.

HDNB wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:09 pm heh heh. i often use a new pair of line pliers to "test" a breaker. always leaves a nice little burned hole in the cutting blade that is perfect for stripping wire.
Never done it on a 240 line though. i'll bet that was bright! (the resulting light, not the action itself) LOL

glad you survived, shorting them is one thing.... coulda been really nasty/deadly if you got hooked into a line direct with a ground on the other end of your body.

gotta know though. did the breaker work?

Dougmatt wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:57 pm I always say, anything like that you walk way from with all your human parts working can be chalked up to a learning experience.

Very glad you are ok and all your parts still work. Looks like you were cutting across your knee…. Bet you’re glad it wasn’t your lap!

bcook608 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:27 pm Thanks. Got a nice little lightning burn on my thigh to remember it by...

bcook608 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 2:25 pm So this is DEFINITELY a "what not to do" moment.

Please refrain from any harassment or negative comments, I already know how lucky I just got.

Yupp, like I said, I'm a fucking moron...

IAmPistolPete wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:00 pm
I've been knocked off a ladder more than a few times retrofitting live 277V fixtures.

shadylane wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:59 pm Turn off the power and lock it out.

NZChris wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:27 pm A mate of mine made himself a new 240V extension lead and put male plugs on both ends, he discovered his mistake when he grabbed the plug

NZChris wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:27 pm A mate of mine made himself a new 240V extension lead and put male plugs on both ends, he discovered his mistake when he grabbed the plug

NormandieStill wrote: ↑Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:11 am

NZChris wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:27 pm A mate of mine made himself a new 240V extension lead and put male plugs on both ends, he discovered his mistake when he grabbed the plug

The house electrician at the university venue I used to work at, told us the story of a touring lighting tech who had a set of "tails" made up. At one end was a 63A 3-phase CEEForm connector. At the other, a set of 13A (UK) plugs, all wired in parallel. In venues without a genuine 63A 3-phase supply, he would simply run each of the plugs into a different wall socket in order to spread the load from his lighting rig. He also had the matching female version (a board with three lines of 13A sockets connected to a male 63A 3-phase CEEForm, into which he plugged the "tails" when the house supply was available!). The in-house sparky, listened politely to the proud explanation and without saying word, took out a pair of wire cutters and cut off all the 13A plugs.

To the OP: Lesson learnt then? The problem with electricity is there's no warning until it's too late. If something is hot you can feel the heat before you touch it. On my one or two occasions of being shocked, I found a good run while swearing lots helped to run off the adrenaline.