Comments on: Thoughts On Ice

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:23:55 +0000

Our nerves are a ‘wiring system’ so it is a major surge. Yes, Rook. I can see that electrical work would be really dangerous on a ship – salt water is a great ‘ground’ for a metal ship, and 240 is enough force to arc to a ground.

Yeah, Badtux, I learned 220 protocol from an electrician in Germany, who told me that if you suspected a possible short, use the back of your hand, so your arm would jerk away when your muscles contracted.

We have a 32kV line on the road by my Mother’s house, and I really don’t like watching the guys working on it after hurricanes. It isn’t something I would choose as job.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:43:09 +0000

My boss at a former job back during my electrician days got zapped with 440. It burned most of the skin off his lower arm. Luckily he was following regular electrician protocol so it knocked him away from the power source rather than toward it.

Folks who work on the high voltage high wires have stones the size of boulders. Just sayin ;).

By: Rook

Rook — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:06:04 +0000

I got zapped with 240 in the service. Just barely brushed my skin against a fuse socket. It threw me back against the bulkhead and left me numb and tingling for a good 20 minutes. To this day my left side has always been just a bit off from my right.