I just had shock from a plug socket

I once got a shock off the coal boiler in the garage, had to get coal out of it because some numpty put the coal in the wrong section of the boiler O_o

That resulted in me having the biggest shock off my life. litrally.
 
My assistant in my old job came running in when I shocked myself plugging my phone in to charge resulting in a loud "****"" and then "you little *******" I just sat down for a minute, got a cup of tea, went out for a fag and got back to work the little work I had to do.
 
When I was 12, I urinated on an electric fence for a dare, it was one of the quick-fitting electric fences that some farmers use around their cowfields. It was incredibly painful.

And of course, who hasn't done the old cigarette lighter shock trick? Zap zap.
 
Tesla said:
What sort of current do you draw when touching bare mains cables/plug sockets in the home?

I think modern wired homes have 32amp MCB on the socket wiring ring.
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Not sure on the first answer but should look it up lol.

The ring circuit in you house will have a 32amp MCB yes. But that dont mean the circuit is carrying 32amps constant. The MCB is there to protect the cables in the installation and stop them from over heating and causing fire etc.

Ive had my fair share of electric shocks easy 10+ lol comes with the job. Luckly ive never had a really bad shock yet or witnessed one.
 
I had a bad experience with a CRT monitor once, I didnt unplug it or switch it off (Idiot I know) and opened it up as the screen was going green always so I had to bash it on the side to fix it.

I thought if I open it and put something in there to move the screen a bit it'll fix it. Anyways I forgot what part I touched and I got a massive electric shock.

Things I felt - Massive pain in my right arm and my whole body felt dunno numb? My eyesight actually went for like 10 seconds all I could see was like when a Terrestrial TV screen goes black and grey because you have no signal? I seen that for a bit and my hearing was just ringing for hours.

Worse of all it burnt a tiny hole in the tip of my finger lol, not sure whether that was from the electricity or just the heat off the monitor.
 
I've never myself, but my dad had quite a nasty one. He was a chief engineer in the merchant navy. In his junior years he was asked to help out with some work, told the power was off to that section. He touched the handle to twist it open and was fired from one end of the engine room to the other. Blacked out and woke up in a hospital - he was air lifted off the ship. Scary stuff.
 
it's the current that kills but you need the voltage to induce it.


I've had mains when I was young - threw me across the room against the wall


had a rather nasty one from a faulty camera flash (kept charging but didn't fire, then discharged through me) - couldn't move to throw it away


my mesa give a shock about 2 months ago when I went to plug the fan in and missed.
 
When i was 12 or 13 and in a very inquisitive mode i would invesigate everything. I was playing in a carpark near my home when i notices a lamppost with the metal cover off. Being the idiot i was i had to look.
I Poked it with stick and nothing happened, but i noticed little white and green thing and decided to pull it out. I woke up down a grass bank with a dislocated ankle:(

Handy tip! wood is not conductive, but you are.
 
Ive electrocuted myself numerous times from mains. Last one was 2 months ago. Partly my fault, mostly my lasses fault . . . .

Doesnt hurt much. But she didnt believe me as my hair wasnt standing on end . . . . (Yes, she is blonde).
 
First "real" shock, learning that you shouldn't put your hand around the plug so that your fingers are touching the L/N prongs. :(

Best "for the audience" shock, working in a club, testing the lights at the start of the night, found one of the strobe lights had a dead tube. Told the lighting man to turn off the rig, i get the ladder out and climb up to remove the dead tube. Turns out pillock lighting man has just put the lighting control console into "blackout", not turned off. :(

So i steady myself by holding onto the metal lighting rig, then grab the tube to pull it out of it's holder. The coil on the tube was still live :(



Cue me squealing and coming off the ladder in front of 2 dozen barmaids :( I used to be so cool :(
 
DavieCramb01 said:
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
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The injury is still with you I see. It must be terrible not being able to use punctuation.
 
I work on the 11kV and 33kV electricity networks, so I'm very very relieved that I've never had a shock. I'm always amazed when I hear of people hurting themselves with domestic supplies. My opinion on the 415V / 230V network is that 'It's only LV', but I've obviously forgotten how dangerous it can be.
 
Steve2000 said:
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. :rolleyes:

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That had me in stiches, I can imagine you sitting in your armchair everytime he watches it rolling your eyes trying to ignore him (like the guy in the Royale Family) :p
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Not as shock as such, but when I put my hand near the DVI port on my video card (when pluggin the DVI cable in for example), I always get a very strong fuzzy feeling in my hand. I have to hold the cable by the wire itself, not the head of the adapter to plug it in. Is that normal? :/
 
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