I just had shock from a plug socket
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I touched an electric fence once. Felt like someone thumped me in the small of the back, really hard. Was such an odd feeling.
What did yours feel like?
What did yours feel like?
I was climbing a metal lader and went to hand my dad an extension cable to put the attic light on the ladder was onthe cable and me being young and stupid i yanked the plug thinking it was something light lying on it riped the plug off and was left holding the wires and yess it was pluged in shot down the lader screamijng absenitys.
my pal was cutting his hedge one day and cut the cable he went in and i shouted is it odff yet yes as i grabed the cable to twist the wires to put them into chocolate block grabed the wire and screamed Yah ****er and took off accross the garden.
you deffinately feel the muscles spasaming up and feel like its pulling you
my pal was cutting his hedge one day and cut the cable he went in and i shouted is it odff yet yes as i grabed the cable to twist the wires to put them into chocolate block grabed the wire and screamed Yah ****er and took off accross the garden.
you deffinately feel the muscles spasaming up and feel like its pulling you
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A faulty sky box shocked me and sat me on my *** when I was plugging the power cable in it. That wasn't pleasent.
No lights.
No lights.
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Got a shock of a transformer on a desk lamp when I was younger. Wasn't nice 
You sure it didn't affect your ability to write coherently?
You sure it didn't affect your ability to write coherently?
When I was smaller (Megadrive age) I once plugged in a bare plug into the socket and touched the fuse. I recall a fuzzy feeling, it never hurt it just felt like my whole hand was a big massive vibrator or something for *** time my finger was attached to the fuse! It's probably a good thing I didn't retry it 
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[Sniper][Wolf];12284024 said:
An electric shock feels like a large electric current? Really?
My son still thinks he survived a 250,000 volt shock, on one of those machines in an amusements somewhere where you grab the handles and it vibrates in increasing intensities. On the screen the voltage meter goes up by 10,000 every 3 seconds or something. He's now 22 and still thinks it was really 250,000 volts. Pratt. 
I've had about 3 shocks in my lifetime, from either faulty equipment or just being careless. Felt to me like I was paralysed, muscles spasming, hearing gone, vision nearly gone, complete numbness all over. Severe migraine followed for the next few days. I found it quite relaxing now that I think about it. Something to consider next time I'm under stress.
I've had about 3 shocks in my lifetime, from either faulty equipment or just being careless. Felt to me like I was paralysed, muscles spasming, hearing gone, vision nearly gone, complete numbness all over. Severe migraine followed for the next few days. I found it quite relaxing now that I think about it. Something to consider next time I'm under stress.
On holiday in spain with folks (I was 10 or 12), went for a shower and whilst standing in the bath with the shower running ( turned the light on!... Not a Pull-cord like we have but a normal switch!!... it felt like someone was whacking my arm with a base ball bat!!.. 
Touched one!!!... I Pee'd on one late one night (a bit drunk, I was 20ish).. Felt like I'd been kicked in the nuts repeatedly!!... Sobered me up though!!
Touched one!!!... I Pee'd on one late one night (a bit drunk, I was 20ish).. Felt like I'd been kicked in the nuts repeatedly!!... Sobered me up though!!
My son still thinks he survived a 250,000 volt shock, on one of those machines in an amusements somewhere where you grab the handles and it vibrates in increasing intensities. On the screen the voltage meter goes up by 10,000 every 3 seconds or something. He's now 22 and still thinks it was really 250,000 volts. Pratt.
I've had about 3 shocks in my lifetime, from either faulty equipment or just being careless. Felt to me like I was paralysed, muscles spasming, hearing gone, vision nearly gone, complete numbness all over. Severe migraine followed for the next few days.
You need a combination of voltage and amperage to kill you. 25,000 volts from a stun gun won't kill you, buy 240v with high current will (mains)
You sir, should have paid more attention to why we have pull cordsOn holiday in spain with folks (I was 10 or 12), went for a shower and whilst standing in the bath with the shower running ( turned the light on!... Not a Pull-cord like we have but a normal switch!!... it felt like someone was whacking my arm with a base ball bat!!..
I cut across two phases of a three phase supply when stripping out a factory.
The blast put me from the ladder on to the ground in around half a second.
I had copper coating all the way up my arm to my elbow which stayed there for a few weeks.
No shock given though, if it had I'd be in a wooden box.
It turned out the previous owners of the factory allowed the block next door to run cables in their building, I had isolated the building I was working in but next door was still operational.
Fun times.
The blast put me from the ladder on to the ground in around half a second.
I had copper coating all the way up my arm to my elbow which stayed there for a few weeks.
No shock given though, if it had I'd be in a wooden box.
It turned out the previous owners of the factory allowed the block next door to run cables in their building, I had isolated the building I was working in but next door was still operational.
Fun times.