A Warning About Electrostatic Discharge.....

[oldsman496]

I've personally had lightning strike within 50' of me about a dozen times. I've had it come inside my house twice and blow apart walls and smoke all the electronics. One of those times I was standing in its path and was knocked down/out and made stupid for almost 3 hours. I am amazed that i still have eardrums intact. if you're ever near me during a thunderstorm.....move away. seriously. not kidding.
electricity is the hand of god. been tazed before too, its got nuthin on that lightning strike that knocked me out.

[Caveman Tony]

I've personally had lightning strike within 50' of me about a dozen times. I've had it come inside my house twice and blow apart walls and smoke all the electronics. One of those times I was standing in its path and was knocked down/out and made stupid for almost 3 hours. I am amazed that i still have eardrums intact. if you're ever near me during a thunderstorm.....move away. seriously. not kidding.
electricity is the hand of god. been tazed before too, its got nuthin on that lightning strike that knocked me out.

Maybe you should move?

[Barry Donovan]

In electronics school, we were told that 10 milliamps could kill you. So generally, yes, it's the current or "amps" that can kill you.

That arc of electricity when you go for the door knob after walking across a carpet or slide out of a car; 1 cm arc is about 30,000 volts... so a 1/4" is about 15,000 volts.

Volts can kill you too, but it's when you get into the lightning sized amounts (millions of volts)... when it blows body parts off, it can be fatal.

..even if enough to kill, electricity stays precise. I worked with planes with a metal plate in my foot, steel toed boots.
localizing happened all the time. I used to get hit by a head set mouthpiece, in one end out the other.
little lightning for the teeth.

supernatural does end up the life long error. electric air knows you are there...just takes once to set a path, like forging steel.

I was in my car and got hit, twice...not anyone elses.I knew it was me. I had been lit a few times. I recorded one of those hits. lightning hit way across the bridge, followed the bridge, bounced off a sign pole, into my car.

cars can be changed..people can't.

[A/Fuel]

Anyone picked up a magneto and spun the gear? I did. OUCH. DAMN!!!

Our msd mags need around 450-500 rpm before anything will happen, plus with the magnets they are pretty hard to turn, they just click. I've had them snap back and pinch my finger between the rotor and the outside and it leaves a little blood blister. I personally do my best not to touch them while it's running because I've seen people get hit by them and it's not pretty. Something as simple as the wire not being snaped on the plug all the way will melt the boot and catch on fire, they are very powerful.

[JOES66FURY]

anyone ever see or remeber this video from a few years back.

[A/Fuel]

I don't know about that.....The helicopter part maybe, but the electricty would make me freak. You should see me working around house, I damn near shut every breaker off and fling screw drivers at it for 10 minutes until I work up the courage to touch it with my hand.

[SuperBuickGuy]

some more warnings by the same guy

and yes, I'm in tears laughing at them - mostly because I've done things like this at one point or another in my life