The My Vibe Thread

[BigKen]

The big problem with the electric chair was that they were using voltage and it wasn't killing people. They never converted it to AMPS.
Half an amp will stop the heart. I have a 30,000 amp short video that shows two guys opening the door to a transformer when it blew. All that was left of them was one half of a shoe. The flash was about twenty thousand (20,000) degrees. That incident was the beginning of high amp clothing for industrial electricians. Like it would have done any good.

 

[YankeeRebel]

My sunroom did not have a finished floor when we moved in, just a rug. This past week we changed that. My first time putting laminate floor down. I had to remove the electrical raceway and outlets first so the flooring could go almost up to the wall. Turned out better than expected considering we bought the cheap stuff. I got the raceway reinstalled last night and am about to do my least favorite part...rewiring the outlets.

Hate electrical.

Curious. Did you leave a quarter inch of space on each wall?

 

[nefansince75]

I have been shocked many times.
110 volts is nothing unless you are grounded.
240 volts, pretty much the same.
12kv hurts and can blow your kneecaps of fand burn all your organs
19kv was off a neon sign transformer and it got my attention
The biggie? I got hit by lightning in 1982. That was exciting!

I'll be taking your word for all of that.

Truthfully, I have no issues working with electricity. There are principles at play, follow them and you'll be good. Don't, and you are risking your life. Even if you don't fry yourself - you risk throwing your heart either out of rythm or even stopping it. Have a medical team nearby and you'll live, otherwise you won't.

 

[Southieinnc]

The big problem with the electric chair was that they were using voltage and it wasn't killing people. They never converted it to AMPS.
Half an amp will stop the heart. I have a 30,000 amp short video that shows two guys opening the door to a transformer when it blew. All that was left of them was one half of a shoe. The flash was about twenty thousand (20,000) degrees. That incident was the beginning of high amp clothing for industrial electricians. Like it would have done any good.

I was never afraid of electricity. Shock was no big deal.
I took an NFPA 70E class in arc flash safety
I am very lucky to be here. A 20,000 degree plasma ball is nothing to f--- with!
I have seen a room turned copper colored from an arc flash

A "bee suit" will protect you to the level of risk it is designed for

 

[Southieinnc]

The big problem with the electric chair was that they were using voltage and it wasn't killing people. They never converted it to AMPS.
Half an amp will stop the heart. I have a 30,000 amp short video that shows two guys opening the door to a transformer when it blew. All that was left of them was one half of a shoe. The flash was about twenty thousand (20,000) degrees. That incident was the beginning of high amp clothing for industrial electricians. Like it would have done any good.

I was never afraid of electricity. Shock was no big deal.
I took an NFPA 70E class in arc flash safety
I am very lucky to be here. A 20,000 degree plasma ball is nothing to f--- with!
I have seen a room turned copper colored from an arc flash

A "bee suit" will protect you to the level of risk it is designed for

 

[Southieinnc]

I'll be taking your word for all of that.

Truthfully, I have no issues working with electricity. There are principles at play, follow them and you'll be good. Don't, and you are risking your life. Even if you don't fry yourself - you risk throwing your heart either out of rythm or even stopping it. Have a medical team nearby and you'll live, otherwise you won't.

When I began managing construction for the US Government, I became he safety guy.
Electricians used to get mad at me for not letting them work on or near live circuits.
I informed them that only the Base Commander could approve hot work - and he won't.

I'm lucky. I ended up having a mild irregular heartbeat. I need no treatment - but I could just as easily be dead.
Ironically, the unsafe work I performed in ignorance did not hurt me. I was doing nothing wrong when the lightning struck me!

 

[BigKen]

I spent from 1985 until 2013 as a safety or loss control engineer. Had the title never the engineering degree.

Wrote the "Right to Know" program for Digital Equipment Corporation and the Commonwealth of Mass. had to approve it. They liked it so much that they took it to be the guideline for programs submitted for approval. I got a Certified Third Party Trainer certification from the state and then was asked to do training for any state agency that asked. Basically, it was a comprehensive chemical safety program that became a guideline for hazardous waste legislation.

Because of that, OSHA requested that I do training for them and I ended up getting trained in and certified in Electrical, Construction, Heavy Equipment etc. by OSHA. Though I could never get a position with them.

The odd thing was that they called me to co-investigate almost every workplace death in New England, even after I started my own company in 2009.

Safety is a strange world and there are way too many people in it who have never worked it or done anything other than read books or articles about it. Worked with a guy who never left his desk over the twenty years I knew him. He was a CIH/CSP (Certified Industrial Hygienist/Certified Safety Professional) and never once ever looked at anything and yet because of his titles was considered an "expert."

Getting struck by lightning and walking away is a miracle in itself. Usually the best case is a severe exit wound/burn.