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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1284671/Teenage-thief-burst-flames-11-000-volt-electric-shock.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
A teenage thief was seriously ill in hospital today after he was hit by an
11,000-volt electric shock from a copper cable he was trying to steal.

Sorry to pigeonhole you as the expert in copper theft etc etc
Apologies to all that the DM seems to be the only online source at this
exact minute

Fucking funny Darwin Award material though

 

well,

a) he's not dead

b) he's an 18 year old from Newcastle, so he's probably got at least 2
or 3 northern slags pregnant already, ruling him out for Darwin Award
nomination.

 

Ah. FPWM

 

Which is a bit of a shame.

So he might as well be dead.

He's from Newcastle, he won't know what a woman's for. A sheep or two OTOH.

 

LOL ...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

Oh. Sod it. You have to spoil it, don't you?

 

Don't know about other people but I've always been of a mind, as early as
the age of 8, when looking at power cable, if I can't clearly see both ends:
Extreme Caution.

I can think of 4 occasions when this has been sage. Two of them resulting in
a bit of an arm "rattle" with systems that should have been disconnected
(checking with a finger joint). It's a *really* horrible sensation you never
forget. So I expect this is pretty common experience. I also expect KW
class shocks are deeply unpleasant.

Good grounding for troubleshooting problems in a 250MW generation plant.

 

What lineside equipment runs at 11,000v?

 

Safety Nazi.

I've had several 25KV shocks from CDI systems.

Never harmed me (much)

Paul.

 

Lets put a few hundred amps behind that and try you again shall we

 

Yeah right

Watford and Harrow were plunged into darkness a couple of months ago.
Unfortunately I don't think that the perpetrators died AND my genny ran
out of petrol mid evening

 

Only the pikey parts of Watford.

 

Apparently, electrocution is the worst kind of injury if you survive, as it
tends to **** up things that don't always appear obviously fucked.

Whatever, being shit scared of electrickery, it's not something I put myself
in a position to check.

 

Not that you'd need hundreds of amps. People have been killed by testing out
a PP3 battery on their tongues. I didn't believe that at first, but I've
read about it being for real a few times now, so maybe it is.

I won't be testing it myself, anyway.

 

I find that pretty hard to believe as the current only takes a short
path across your tongue. I've done it loads of times.

If the current goes through your heart, eg one hand to the other, then
it can only take a few mA to stop it.

Hence the practice of working on live stuff with one hand in your pocket
being a Good Idea.

 

Never harmed me (much)

At the TV lab of the engineering school we had some fun with people who
touched the inadequate part of CRT's

400V capacitors left in chairs were fun too.

I think we were a bunch of late teen bastards.
<proud>

 

On 08/06/2010 01:46, Beav wrote:

Electrocution is not survivable

HTH

 

Why?

I mean, WHY?

 

Urm, is that a real question?

 

Erm, yes.

I suppose, thinking about it, that there's an obvious answer, but
personally I'd never have thought of testing a battery by putting it
on my tongue. Unless you can develop the required sensitivity to
accurately guage the voltage available, of course.