I just had shock from a plug socket

Yes, DC is interesting. I had the same experience practically. A split power supply board from an amplifier I was making was still charged after being removed incorrectly. Luckily it had been overnight so the voltage was only about 56v but it felt odd. I didn't realise what was going on for a while until I eventually got a meter on it and realised my mistake. Certainly makes your hands tense though, mine was obviously much lower voltage than what you were using so wasn't painful, just odd :D
 
Pulled a plug out of a socket and the back came off.

Nasty shock and free flying lesson later.. It hurt.
 
I've had a full on 415v hit off of a welder a few years back that had the power cable terminated badly.
Knocked me on my backside and left me with a numb hand, arm and left leg for a couple of hours.
Scary ****

No lights though. :D
 
Im not sure if this has been mentioned already but get yourself checked out.

I read somewhere you can die if you get a shock as it can cause your heart to beat wierd(best way i can put it as i cant remember what it said exactly), depends how bad it was though i suppose
 
Flukester said:
a lot of confusion in this thread about how electicity works...

it's the current that kills, ie- the flow to earth through you.

if ever doing anything in your house with electrics, even putting a plug in, don't use your other hand for anything.. if you grab a radiator for example and get a shock on other arm you get a path straight to earth through your heart, game over. In theory if you had totally insulating shoes you could freely grab a live wire and not feel a thing, though electricity can arc about so maybe not a good idea. (and why birds happily sit on pylons)

it only takes about 7mA (7/1000ths) of a amp to kill, I believe at this kind of level muscles spasm and your unable to let go of the source of the shock

you can easily take 10s/100s thousands of volts if the current is low enough...
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6mA / Mythbusters
 
*Chris said:
I have one of those electric fly swatters.

I had to see how much it hurt if putting a finger to it.

Arm was dead for ages.
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I did the same, I made a fist and wanted to see how it feels.
Had a tingling sensation for the next 2 hours up to my elbow. It felt like most other shocks (often get a static shock while working with pc's). Just a lot stronger.

My dad also did this , but he tried it on his forehead lol, all he did was make a jump back and said: erm yes this will kill most bugs...

I also got a shock from a cold cathode transformer. Touched the 2 poles and it didn't feel like a shock this time, but it felt like touching 2 very very hot metal bits. Also started smelling a bit after and I saw 2 black dots on my finger...
 
Dr.EM said:
Yes, DC is interesting. I had the same experience practically. A split power supply board from an amplifier I was making was still charged after being removed incorrectly. Luckily it had been overnight so the voltage was only about 56v but it felt odd. I didn't realise what was going on for a while until I eventually got a meter on it and realised my mistake. Certainly makes your hands tense though, mine was obviously much lower voltage than what you were using so wasn't painful, just odd :D
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It's hard to explain but AC sort of makes your muscles buz when you touch it and it's more intense the higher the voltage, but DC just makes the muscle clamp really hard :D

I just remembered a few high voltage escapades at university. To start my pulsejets I had a 12V trembler circuit (555 timer at 100hz into a 3055 transistor) feeding a car coil to get a fairly serious 40-100KV spark burst out of a spark plug. Output was high because I wanted something I could rely on. Setup was HT lead out the coil to the plug and the -ve terminal of the coil grounded to the front of the jet with a croc clip. First zap I got was to the face. Was trying to start the smaller jet and was blowing down the intake, lips pursed around the front. You can see where this one is going, I knocked the earth and zapped my mouth which left my lips numb for a few hours! The other time was a more significant test, had my bigger jet rigged up and managed to knock the earth completely off. Well the whole lot went live, the jet, leads, battery, the workmate, everything! And I couldn't disconnect the battery because no matter what I touched it with I got a serious zap. Eventually just got brave and yanked it with my hand but OH MY GOD it got me good and proper doing that :eek:

High voltage is funny stuff because I thought there had to be a circuit but it just seems to go where it pleases.

Edit: I've managed to avoid getting shocked off my valve amp though, that's 500V@150mA so I approach with EXTREME caution :D
 
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Isnt it funny how someone posts his "near death" experience and everyone else follows suit, so heres my story! :p

I cut through the wire going to our cooker with a pair of pliers once, super painful and my heart was beating like mad. Took a huge chunk out of the pliers too.
 
I was cutting the lawn once, well my friend was, he mowed over the cable and cut it, I put my finger on the cable and got a nasty electric shock that made my arm go numb, I forgot the cable still had power going thorugh it lol.
 
I get shocked on a daily basis :( (Work in the telephone exchanges) Working on one circuit, then one of you pesky customers on the next line rings somebody, and then bam - me shouting many a lovely word lol. Thankfully its only about 50v/90v or 110v depending on what the line is carrying.
 
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