A Warning About Electrostatic Discharge.....

[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

[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.

[JOES66FURY]

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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[yellomalibu]

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.

[173rdherd]

my first lesson on electrostatic shock was on them dang jungle penetrators on the dustoff choppers.....if you grabbed it before it hit the ground once, you'd get a heck of a jolt......learned that quick.

[TC]

You probably know this and simply used those numbers as extreme examples, but you have to keep in mind there is still a minimum voltage requirement to overcome the resistance of your body before amps can even move. On another note, when voltage can kill you with minimal amperage is from plasma generated from arc flashes, which is based on voltage. Large voltage allows electricity to jump larger gaps and if you are near one and inhale the incredibly hot plasma and gas it essentially cooks your lungs killing you from the inside out.

Ya I was just using those numbers as examples........'

Though I wonder how many 10's of Thousand of Volts this guy is getting juiced by......

[Leadsledcaprice]

Note to self: stay away from substation near work.

Its had a history of going up in flames.

[TheSilverBuick]

Voltage doesn't kill, it's "amperage" that kills, meaning you can send 1000 volts though your body at .1 amps and you won't die, but if you send 1000 amps at .1 volts through your body you will die......

You probably know this and simply used those numbers as extreme examples, but you have to keep in mind there is still a minimum voltage requirement to overcome the resistance of your body before amps can even move. On another note, when voltage can kill you with minimal amperage is from plasma generated from arc flashes, which is based on voltage. Large voltage allows electricity to jump larger gaps and if you are near one and inhale the incredibly hot plasma and gas it essentially cooks your lungs killing you from the inside out.

[Leadsledcaprice]

Didn't Mythbusters do a show on that? I cant remember, but I think they said .06 amps will kill you.

[TC]

I was told in electronics class that lower voltage kills by stopping your heart while higher voltage burns you.. Nobody wanted to test that..

Voltage doesn't kill, it's "amperage" that kills, meaning you can send 1000 volts though your body at .1 amps and you won't die, but if you send 1000 amps at .1 volts through your body you will die......

[Scott Liggett]

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