The Real Electrician's Nightmare

mccarty.74

My buddy sent me this. Some may have seen it but if you haven't don't bother clicking on it if you've got a weak stomach. Tell me again why electrical work is a "SKILLED TRADE?"

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sachi2sachi/...d-by-overh-bac

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johndel1971

THATS GOTTA BE THE MOST CRAZIEST THING I EVER SAW IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INSTANTAINIOUS HOLY S...

maverick17

If that does not tighten your sphincter a little, nothing will.

Meetre

I'm pretty sure that will tighten EVERYTHING right up for you!

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platinumLLC

That's pretty crazy!

I was working on a new hospital about 10 years ago and the electricains shut the power down on a saturday to do some work. One electrician was working on something and thought everything was dead but the safety light circuit(or whatever the emergency circuit is) was still live. He cut into the wires and got a bad one. His watch melted to his hand, a couple vertibra got melted together, he had some burns on his body. He had to get flown to the hospital and was in pretty bad shape for a while. Don't think he ever came back to work. Some of the other electricains said he had holes blown out his hand from where the electricity shot out of his body.

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DeckMan77

I'm guessing this guy was not a trained eldectrician.....just a guess

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Magnettica

Here's a hint: The train is made of steel, with steel wheels, attached to a steel rail that sits firmly attached to the ground with steel spikes.

Ever heard the term completing the circuit to ground? Well, that's what he did - he completed the circuit to ground. He grabbed a live, uninsulated HIGH VOLTAGE line and the resistance of his body caused mass current to run through his body.

Let's say his body resistance is 100 ohms and the high voltage line is 6,000 volts.

6,000 volts/ 100 ohms = 60 amps

That's 60 amps running through this his body.

He had no chance to survive that when all it takes to electrocute you is less than 1 amp.

Call a licensed and insured electrician

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HusqyPro

So did the guy live? That looked pretty bad.

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strathd

Yes he did ! I saw him on Larry King the other night. His head on fire did'nt even phase him.

bwalley

That is shocking

BCConstruction

Bet he wont do that again

ChrWright

Wow. That's messed up.

(and the trains in India run on 25,000V...)

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Leo G

Toasty..........

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WarnerConstInc.

I could smell the curry burning.

HusqyPro

Wow, is it on You Tube yet? I searched and didn't find it. How long was he in the hospital?

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JumboJack

MMMMM curry.....

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

S Winklepleck

The holes in the hands is a pretty common effect. My dad took 20k volts working on a large transformer when he was still a rookie. It missed his heart, so he was extremely lucky, he only had the entry and exit holes in each had, no other injuries. Still scary, it could have gone another path and burned a hole in a vital organ and that woulda been it.

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JumboJack

Bob..The guy was D-E-A-D dead...He was laying on top of the train,not moving and on fire....Sure sign of death.

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

bwalley

I guess you didn't see the smoke rolling out of him, or his head on fire.

You Can't fix stupid.

Leo G

Actually, I think that fixed stupid. He won't be doing that again....ever.

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