"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever
had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived?


I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He
was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in
the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt
hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged.

Leon
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Leon Heller, G1HSM

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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:11:10 +0000 (UTC), "Leon Heller"
wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He
was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in
the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt
hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged.

Thanks, Leon. This is the kind of 'unsurvivable shock' I had in mind.
I'm sure we'll have several more hair-raising examples to come yet,
though.
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"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:11:10 +0000 (UTC), "Leon Heller"
wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each hand. He
was across the supply for about 5 minutes as the emergency stop button in
the lab didn't work and he couldn't let go. He was lucky - just badly burnt
hands. He was back at work a couple of days later, heavily bandaged.

Thanks, Leon. This is the kind of 'unsurvivable shock' I had in mind.
I'm sure we'll have several more hair-raising examples to come yet,
though.
--

"I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend
to write it." - Winston Churchill

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)

"Bob Lewis (AA4PB)" wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)

Maybe we don't want to know what was the third 'hand'....

"Bob Lewis (AA4PB)" wrote:

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)

Maybe we don't want to know what was the third 'hand'....

I've seen someone get hold of 440 V 3 phase bus bars, one in each
hand.

Does that imply that he had three hands or did he just get hold of two
phases of a 3-phase system? :-)