"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I had one experience like that when I was maybe 16 or 17 and I decided to
mess
around inside a Hammarlund receiver, quite the shock.

Only other thing like that I saw was another guy in the Navy getting into
about
5 KV, sent him across the work space, but he was OK.

My most fun shock was when I was about 22. Was working on a microwave oven,
and got across that .5uf 4KV cap. Definately a more stout jolt than from a
TV CRT... I always thought, up to that time, that getting launched backward
across a room by a jolt like that was something that only happened in
cartoons.. well.. after I picked myself up from a large pile of stainless
steel cookware on the other side of the kitchen, I thought much differently.
Definately got my attention (and got my heartrate up to about 200 for a
couple minutes..)

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I had one experience like that when I was maybe 16 or 17 and I decided to
mess
around inside a Hammarlund receiver, quite the shock.

Only other thing like that I saw was another guy in the Navy getting into
about
5 KV, sent him across the work space, but he was OK.

My most fun shock was when I was about 22. Was working on a microwave
oven, and got across that .5uf 4KV cap. Definately a more stout jolt than
from a TV CRT... I always thought, up to that time, that getting launched
backward across a room by a jolt like that was something that only
happened in cartoons.. well.. after I picked myself up from a large pile
of stainless steel cookware on the other side of the kitchen, I thought
much differently. Definately got my attention (and got my heartrate up to
about 200 for a couple minutes..)



I stuck a coat hanger in the sparkplug on an oil hot water tank onetime,
went across the room also.

I've had a few trips across a room backwards.

"Just Plain Burr" wrote in message
.. .

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I had one experience like that when I was maybe 16 or 17 and I decided
to mess
around inside a Hammarlund receiver, quite the shock.

Only other thing like that I saw was another guy in the Navy getting
into about
5 KV, sent him across the work space, but he was OK.

My most fun shock was when I was about 22. Was working on a microwave
oven, and got across that .5uf 4KV cap. Definately a more stout jolt than
from a TV CRT... I always thought, up to that time, that getting launched
backward across a room by a jolt like that was something that only
happened in cartoons.. well.. after I picked myself up from a large pile
of stainless steel cookware on the other side of the kitchen, I thought
much differently. Definately got my attention (and got my heartrate up to
about 200 for a couple minutes..)



I stuck a coat hanger in the sparkplug on an oil hot water tank onetime,
went across the room also.

I've had a few trips across a room backwards.

I put my tongue on a 9v battery before.

That is the way I test my 9 volt batteries.A few days ago, at a pawn
shop, I bought a hand held EXTECH IR Thermomenter.It works great, has a
9 volt battery.
cuhulin
.................................................. ....
Theres a pawn shop on a corrrner in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvaniaaaa,,,,, and
I walk up and down beneath the clock,,,,,,, took herrr dinnnnin,, took
herrr doncinnnn,,, till herrr blue eyes were shininnnnn,,, and I just
got to get five orrr tennnn,,,,,,,
.................................................. ...

tHat reminds me, Big Joe Polka Show comes on the RFD channel at 6:00 PM
this evening.I need to go ahead on and put a check mark on there so my
tv set will automatically turn it on.
cuhulin

MNMikeW wrote:
"Just Plain Burr" wrote in message
.. .
"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...
"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I had one experience like that when I was maybe 16 or 17 and I decided
to mess
around inside a Hammarlund receiver, quite the shock.

Only other thing like that I saw was another guy in the Navy getting
into about
5 KV, sent him across the work space, but he was OK.
My most fun shock was when I was about 22. Was working on a microwave
oven, and got across that .5uf 4KV cap. Definately a more stout jolt than
from a TV CRT... I always thought, up to that time, that getting launched
backward across a room by a jolt like that was something that only
happened in cartoons.. well.. after I picked myself up from a large pile
of stainless steel cookware on the other side of the kitchen, I thought
much differently. Definately got my attention (and got my heartrate up to
about 200 for a couple minutes..)


I stuck a coat hanger in the sparkplug on an oil hot water tank onetime,
went across the room also.

I've had a few trips across a room backwards.

I put my tongue on a 9v battery before.



I spent 30 years working on tube amplifiers, up to about 35,000 Vdc on
some of them. I have never had an electric shock because when I work
with electricity I concentrate. Same level of concentration as driving
or shooting guns. Zero defects, zero tolerance.

Many years ago, I read somewhere that smart electricians (the ones who
want to live to be a ripe old age) always put one hand behind their back
when they are working on high voltage things.That is suppose to be so
they won't fry/zap both of the main arteries going to their heart.
When I was a kid, we used to dare other kids to stick their fingers into
a light bulb socket.That was the first time I got zapped, about sixty
something years ago.
cuhulin

Brenda Ann wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I had one experience like that when I was maybe 16 or 17 and I decided to
mess
around inside a Hammarlund receiver, quite the shock.

Only other thing like that I saw was another guy in the Navy getting into
about
5 KV, sent him across the work space, but he was OK.

My most fun shock was when I was about 22. Was working on a microwave oven,
and got across that .5uf 4KV cap. Definately a more stout jolt than from a
TV CRT... I always thought, up to that time, that getting launched backward
across a room by a jolt like that was something that only happened in
cartoons.. well.. after I picked myself up from a large pile of stainless
steel cookware on the other side of the kitchen, I thought much differently.
Definately got my attention (and got my heartrate up to about 200 for a
couple minutes..)

Like ya say, you think it only happens in a cartoon, but when it happens to you,
it becomes a very, very fast cartoon!

Another story I related to Cuzz Burr this morning had to do with a fellow who
removed what he thought was a defective pressure gauge from a fuel tank access
cover that was in our workspace. The tank itself was directly below us.

The gauge was indeed defective, tank still pressurized, and at the time all our
fire control gear, radar stuff, computers, were fired up.

A few hairy and scary moments there.

I still remember the very shocked look on my fellow sailors face as he tried to
plug the flow of fuel that was spraying out all over the place.

You went almost as high as the Space Shuttle, didn't you?

One time I was replacing one of the wall outlets (120 volts) in my
living room.I didn't turn off the electric power to my living room
because I didn't think I would get shocked.

Never grab two hot wires at the same time while holding pliers in each
hand.You can't let go of them.My body tripped the circuit.I am glad it
wasen't 240 volts I was messing with.
cuhulin

wrote:

Never grab two hot wires at the same time while holding pliers in each
hand.You can't let go of them.

Never grab three hot wires with pliers in each hand and the wire
strippers in your mouth while you're taking a quick shower during a
lightning storm. I had to fall away, taking out two bottles of shampoo,
one hair conditioner, a bar of Ivory soap, the shower curtains and four
yellow rubber duckies.

...and you try telling that to the kids these days, well..they just don't
believe you.


I was saved by landing on a recent purchase of bulk toilet paper. The
stuff's a bargain. It has all sorts of petroleum distillate enhanced
scents in it. Those Chinese are sure clever in enhancing their exports.

You just never know WHAT they'll include at no extra cost.





mikey python

That was about fifteen years ago when I replaced that wall outlet in my
living room, because the old wall outlet, whatever I plugged in wouldn't
stay plugged in.I had probally had a few beers too.Otherwise, I probally
would have cut the juice to all of the four outlets in my living
room.Two of the wall outlets are on one circuit, the other two are on a
different circuit.

I weigh about 185 pounds now.On February 19th this year, I weighed 210
pounds.I know it was February 19th, 2009 and I weighed 210 pounds
because I wrote it down on the inside of one of my bathroom cabinet
doors.Maybe that booze I quit drinking last January had something to do
with my diet.I am staying on my diet untill I get skinny, skinny,
skinny.
cuhulin