The after effects of contact with 11KV

[UKMeterman]

This article discusses the aftereffects of touching 11KV distribution supplies bare hand. Pictures are graphic Urban explorer 'died' after 11,000-volt accident left him a 'fireball' - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/urban-explorer-died-minutes-after-23940588 The guy suvived.....

 

[Moley]

I love looking at a very well known Urbex site, the 28 day one. In fact a couple of my ventures into some ROC posts have been uploaded many years ago. Even my sheep picture came from a visit to a ROC post. I'm also into old, disused, railway tunnels. Camera on a tripod, shutter open and 'paint' with a torch or flash guns. Just wish I had the time to do it these days.

 

[SparkySy]

I like an old railway tunnel we had a few local to us that had some amazing features, crazy the work that went into their construction, unfortunately one of the best is now an aerodynamic testing facility!
There is an old ROC post at the end of our drive, not in good condition and very few original features left. But I have been to some with permission that are still in their original condition!
My other half and I went and looked at the Atlantic Wall in Europe a few years ago, very spooky in some of the complexes there, and the thought of our brave troops being shot at from them as we looked out from the slits was mindboggling!
Love a good urbex, years ago before it became a thing and loads of people started being foolish there were some very good open sites, and I even had permission to go into a few military sites. Now though there are too many Muppets on YouTube thing to make a name for themselves and ruining it for the sensible few. Most sites now have at least perimeter protection and Cctv or security. Also a lot of them have have since been redeveloped as housing or commercial projects!

 

[Mike Johnson]

I did the first full site survey of the vaults below St Katherines Dock and found Napoleonic sailors chained up to a wall behind a blocked vault, they are now in the National History Museum, it changed my mind completely about going underground.

 

[SparkySy]

I did the first full site survey of the vaults below St Katherines Dock and found Napoleonic sailors chained up to a wall behind a blocked vault, they are now in the National History Museum, it changed my mind completely about going underground.

Now that is cool, what a discovery!
Do you have any pictures from it?
Sy

 

[Teddy Lop]

No, that's not true. Urban explorers have a fascination with abandoned buildings and features. Most are big believers in not taking anything, and will not give locations of their finds out to avoid them being ransacked or vandalised.

Photography is a big part of it as well - some of the shots they take are really good.

A scrote however is a scrote.

From the article it sounds very much like the latter with a cover story.

 

[DPG]

From the article it sounds very much like the latter with a cover story.

Definitely. I think urbex was used as an excuse.

 

[buzzlightyear]

wow ,you never go without a swiss army knife a volt pen .

 

[Simon47]

Someone I was at school with got badly burned - his face looks a lot like that guy's. Never got the whole story, I don't see him that often and don't like to ask. But from what I can tell, was at a papermill near here, power off, bus chamber opened up and tested for dead - then as he started to work a genny fired up ... But that was told to me by a friend and bits of it don't sound right - I wouldn't have expected 11kV to be anywhere other than in the feed/transformer feeding the site (it's not that big) and 415V wouldn't cause the burns he had. Apparently doctors didn't expect him to survive due to the extend of damage to internal organs.
Friends say he permanently changed in personality as well - he's definitely "a character".

 

[Mike Johnson]

Now that is cool, what a discovery!
Do you have any pictures from it?
Sy

No sorry, this was over fifty years ago during the "National Building Strike", mobile phones did not exist and cameras where full size so not something you carried around.

 

[OnlQQker]

Somebody posted this on Twitter a while back. IT IS GRAPHIC AND I WOULDN'T THINK THE CHAP SURVIVED but it does hit home how deadly this stuff can be.


Warning, this video contains shocking and disturbing content, do not watch if you are easily disturbed by someone getting shocked.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530192591752413184

 

[nicebutdim]

I'd be amazed if he survived that.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Darwin's principle applies.

 

[pc1966]

I presume it was suicide. Very, very sad

 

[OnlQQker]

I presume it was suicide. Very, very sad

I wondered that.

Bing search of 'electricity pylon deaths uk' brought up more results than I imagined. Some kid had climbed one to take a selfie

electrocuted up pylon uk how many deaths - Bing

La recherche intelligente de Bing facilite la recherche rapide et vous récompense.

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Maybe they should show the video at schools.

 

[brianmoooore]

a couple of my ventures into some ROC posts have been uploaded many years ago. Even my sheep picture came from a visit to a ROC post.

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There is an old ROC post at the end of our drive, not in good condition and very few original features left. But I have been to some with permission that are still in their original condition!

If you're ever in my part of the world, I own one in perfect condition.