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Anyone ever been shocked by 12 volts?

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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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yup h: sparkplug.... i have no clue what i was doing... but i had a screwdriver and the handle had parts broken off so some of the metal part was breaking through... i accidentally touched the sparkplug with the screwdriver and shocked myself a bit :uhhok:
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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600 V power supply once. Left a mark
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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hmm lets see I've zapped myself numeous times with 12v which is just a zap from your electrical system in your car.

Been zapped by telephone wire; it was plugged into the wall and at the other end I was stripping the wires with my teeth when for some reason I got a nice charge into my teeth.

I deal with 220v power at work and the hoists I work on have charged up capacitors and I touch them all the time and send electricity through me and I feel sick and ill for about 15 mins after.

Living on a farm we used to use electric fences and what better way to test if they were working? Bare feet on damp ground...zzzzzzzap.

110v by using electric tools outside in the rain.. ouch

25,000+ volts through me as I put my fingers into the back of a computer monitor without discharging it first.. that one knocked me back 4' and every muscle was contracted so hard it hurt and I forgot the time from when I put my fingers into the hole till I landed on my ass.

Yup.. electricity is my FRIEND!
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by firebane
25,000+ volts through me as I put my fingers into the back of a computer monitor without discharging it first.. that one knocked me back 4' and every muscle was contracted so hard it hurt and I forgot the time from when I put my fingers into the hole till I landed on my ass.
The networking/computer guy at work was telling me how our computer to plate system's capacitors are huge, there about 6 inches tall and about as wide as a silver dollar, but they can't harm you but if you unplug a monitor and don't wait like 15 minutes for it to discharge it can stop your heart.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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when i was in 1st grade, i was curious as to how the lamp turned on simply by plugging it in...so i took apart the plug and stuck in one prong..nothing. stuck in the 2nd prong, and next thing i know, im waking up to my mom screaming at me thinking i died and a gigantic black explosion on the wall.... yeah. cant say that hurt cuz i passed out.

several years ago, i was making some adjustments on my engine with a friend... i was messing with the sparkplug wires....and then i felt like someone threw a rock at me. luckily, while i got shocked, my hand hit my hood and knocked it off the support and the hood in turn hit me on the head which is what kept me awake and felt like the rock that hit me. i was dazed for a couple minutes
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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It came out of the coil so yeah I guess it was more than 12v. Damn I'm such a n00b
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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I've heard that pissing on a running lawnmower will give you a nice jolt. That's something, maybe one of those jackass people should try.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:37 AM
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my old shop teacher used to make everyone hold hands the first day of class and the person at the one end would hold a rod and he'd turn on a generator thing he made and shock the shit out of everyone... then he'd tell us the story of how he lost 3 fingers...
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dE.fUsEd
or messing with car audio shit. h:
yeh.. my friend and i are fuckin terrified of batteries and fuckin with anything of that sort while installing anything. my friend was shaking the last time he was hookin his amp to the battery.. it was funny, but i wasnt goin near it either h:

i was changing outlets in a condo my dad was redoing and thought the power was off. it wasnt.. didnt really hurt, it was kinda cool
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 04:38 AM
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I use to be an electrician apprentice, i've been shocked several times. We use to build sub stations. I was working on hooking a box up one day and was almost done and someone was there to test it........... he turned it on while i was still workin at it. When it hit me i threw the tools i had in my hand and went and picked my wire plyers up and threw them at the dumb ass that turned it on.
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