[HN Gopher] Mr C's worst electric shock [video]
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Mr C's worst electric shock [video]
Author : Rygian
Score : 23 points
Date : 2023-07-15 19:14 UTC (1 days ago)
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| LeoPanthera wrote:
| Transcript: https://pastebin.com/v9TTLkYZ
|
| (No formatting as the video does not offer captions.)
| Eduard wrote:
| My only close call involved a faulty washing machine (Bauknecht
| brand) together with an outdated, incorrecty landlord-renovated
| electricity cabling.
|
| When the washing machine short-circuited (metal housing, standing
| water in metallic tumbler...), the fuse did not cut off the
| residual current, which now ran from the washing machine along
| the water supply and therefore the metallic water tap.
|
| So suspecting nothing, as usual I wanted to cut off the water
| supply by closing the water tap valve.
|
| The moment I grap the valve I notice some stroboscopic
| vibrations, following the realization that it's an electric
| current making my hand cramp tightly on the water tap.
|
| It was really challenging to take off my hand.
|
| I'm sure it was only a small fraction of the full, possible
| current / energy that eventually went through my body / hand. But
| it was already enough to keep me stuck -- and give my heart rate
| extra systolic beats.
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| Living alone back then, I went on the street and called an
| ambulance.
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| After half an hour, my heart rhythm normalized, and on my written
| confirmation, I left the hospital, as I would not able to sleep
| that night in an unknown hospital.
|
| After I left the hospital, I figured out at which hospital and
| part of town the ambulance car brought me.
|
| Having no cash with me, I walked the 45 minutes back home at
| night, rationalizing and taking it as a test for my heart.
|
| The next day, I went to work as usual. My colleagues asked me why
| I didn't take a day off. I let them know that if my heart started
| making weird beats again, I'd rather prefer to be with them than
| being home alone.
| tomcam wrote:
| Bad day, amazing story, and I'm glad you survived to tell it!
| [deleted]
| randombits0 wrote:
| Them pixies are cute but don't get them angry!
| 0xbadc0de5 wrote:
| As someone who's also been bit by 120Vac early in my career -
| albeit less severely than Mr.C - I can attest to it feeling much
| like he describes. His description of feeling like he was "shoved
| out of his chair" is quite common. Most likely caused by the
| severe muscle spasms that can accompany such a shock. The cause
| of death for many electricians who get shocked isn't from the
| shock itself, but from head injuries associated with falling off
| ladders.
| tomcam wrote:
| > The cause of death for many electricians who get shocked
| isn't from the shock itself, but from head injuries associated
| with falling off ladders.
|
| So why isn't wearing insulated gloves universal? I assume it
| makes work much less comfortable?
| gwbas1c wrote:
| Ugh.
|
| I watch A LOT of YouTube.
|
| When it's just a video of someone talking and waving their hands,
| I move on. (As opposed to diagrams, different shots, close ups,
| ect.)
|
| Why? If it's just someone talking, that's better presented as a
| written blog entry. Written blog entries can be skimmed instead
| of focused on.
|
| A video like this needs close ups of the matter at hand, at a
| minimum. (IE, a close up of how the shock happened.) Diagrams,
| which could either be hand-drawn or "professional," are also nice
| too.
|
| I know that everyone has different production values on Youtube;
| but merely sitting on a stool for 13 minutes without any kind of
| demonstration is a poor use of the medium. Switch to a written
| blog in this case.
| kens wrote:
| You can click on the three dots (at least in desktop YouTube)
| and then "Show Transcript", and then you have a transcript that
| you can skim.
| genter wrote:
| This is an unusual video of him. Most of them are closeups of
| him working on old radios, or at least some electrical device.
| The only thing you see are his hands, soldering iron, and
| oscilloscope.
|
| Also his tone in this video is very different from his normal
| professional self. It's very much laid back, "holy fuck this is
| how I almost died." I suppose you need to be a regular of his
| channel to appreciate this video. It's always neat to see
| people that have a professional persona are really just normal
| people.
| alliao wrote:
| youtube have such a great pull for people like me where I
| somehow pick up a lot more from people talking than just
| reading. I find even how they deliver quite engaging
| masto wrote:
| You're allowed to move on quietly. A comment complaining about
| it is such a poor use of the medium. This needs to be a
| reaction video.
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