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[WeirdBits]

Were you the test subject in the experiment?

[wokkaboy]

ahha Weirdy it felt like it. Was 2 people per experiment and we had to make up a circuit from some bits and pieces. We never checked the circuit and 2 wires needed holding together as they weren't joined properly. My uni mate said I'll hit the power switch and you hold the wires and I stupidly said ok. Next thing I was thrown back about 2 metres into a cabinet.
Electronics have never been my strong point , lucky we got guru's like you Weirdy hahah

[dingobass]

haha DB maybe you are right, happened twice, one a university engineering electronics lab experiment and the other stupid me removing a light fitting without turning mains power off

Ya just had to go back for seconds, eh Wokks?

I got booted by a 500amp welding machine as a second year apprentice... After that I have been a total wuss when it comes to electricity... Changing batteries in a torch makes me break out in a cold sweat

[Gavin1393]

on the subject of electrocution...

Whenever I hear of it, I always am reminded of my dad telling me about an electrician who arrived unannounced, flipped the power off at the mains and then proceeded to work on extending power to some new offices in the companies new 'south' wing they had added. By turning the power off he effectively crashed everyones computers in the north wing, and it wasnt long before they figured out the power must have 'tripped' and duly flicked the power back on. Simultaneously causing a blood curdling and panicked scream to emanate from the southern wing....

[wokkaboy]

ahha yes DB had to remove a light fitting about 6 years ago and my thinking the light switch is turned off there will be no live power to the light fitting !

wow 500amps could kill you DB

[Gavin1393]

Ya just had to go back for seconds, eh Wokks?

I got booted by a 500amp welding machine as a second year apprentice... After that I have been a total wuss when it comes to electricity... Changing batteries in a torch makes me break out in a cold sweat

...and also explains why you never have an active pickup installed in your basses!

[dingobass]

@ Woks, yep... Had the rest of the week off work, Mum reckoned I was glowing in the dark for a few months after.....

@ Gav, you may just have a point there

[wokkaboy]

HAHA glowing in the dark DB, you probably held some of the power in your body for a few days.
I got a whole new respect for electricity now (about the same as routers and bandsaws)

[keloooe]

haha yeah Gav it went something like that, was about as popular as playing the recorder at the time

Growing up in S. Africa no self respecting male would play the recorder....hence the electric triangle would have sounded a far better option~!

Oi I made the recorder cooler than lead guitar, I basically shredded it in primary school!!

Also on the subject of electrocution, I've been hit by a massive discharge when I unplugged my laptop's charger and accidentally touched the pins on the plug. I've also been hit by live mains once.... That hurts so badly and if there was no way for all that power to reach a grounding point I easily would have been killed... My respect for electricity is just like Wokka's!

[jarrod]

Thats what multimeters are for guys, check twice before touchy touch. 500 amps Db would fry you ouch.