Electrocution.

[Andy B]

What would happen if you touched the busbar in a ccu with a 60 amp main fuse? I was talking about it to a guy at work today. I said it would probably kill or hospitalise you, he disagreed. I remember seeing a guy touch a live bar years ago when I was an apprentice and he just screamed. So what do you think?

 

[ayjay]

when i were a lad i used to touch the live and the men on site used to borrow my neon tester and touch it onto my skin , it used to glow brightly
of course, i was sitting on a carpet at the time so no current could flow thro me, my, how we all laughed
things were very different then ,i was taught to always test if any conductor was safe/dead by touching it momentarily just to be sure
mind you i had many a shock :angel_smile:

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Check out the local boot sales lads.....sometimes just sometimes you come across those medical voltage generators used to treat those of a nervous disposition (usually with either a metal rod or finger grips). I am sure such devices were used during the first world war for treating shellshock victims. I came across one not long ago at the boot sale and had a little go with it. Believe me you didn`t have to wind the handle around very fast to induce a voltage. I also remember how well it was made (lovely bit of joinery), should have bought it really...........

 

[scotsparky]

just scanned this tread sounds like a future darwin Award winning idea

The Darwin Awards

 

[SparkyJoe]

I think anyone whos been in the trade a while has probley had a few, got a nasty one last week working late, tired and one thing and another, turned the board off, forgot to pull the main fuse & went to take the tails out of the main switch with a borrowed non insultated driver (lost mine) while kneeling in a muddy puddle thought i was a gonner lol burnt my face a bit, bloody lucky tho