Gave Myself an Electric Shock

[So]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Ticky
Note: if you ever get a REAL shock, got to the ER. It's very possible to drop dead after an extended period of time.

that is true for 220 and above, but a wall pack at 15a and 120v wont kill ya. if it did, id have been dust 30 years ago. after a few years of getting that 120v zap its like a little 12v tickle now. 220 will still jump start the heart, and id likely go to the doc for it. the two times i got zapped with 220 it was 20a 220vac so i was taken to the emer room since it was on the clock. no dmg, just made my heart race for a few minutes and made my arm sore for a bit.

I've only gotten shocked by 120VAC once, and that was when I was testing a disassembled CRT. I was real careful around the HV caps, but I forgot that the 120V pins were live on the PCB with the power switch. Ooops. Exactly as you described.

I've also given myself a few 200V DC shocks, but they were from a 9V to 200V boost mode DC supply, so the fault duty on the thing was very low.

 

[Cogman]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
IF the voltage was +84v you are fine.

IF it was -84V then it sucked out your soul and you need to shock yourself at the peak value to achieve a respectable level of liquidity in American markets.

Thats why common household voltage doesn't go negative, it only pulses up (or is it the other way around)

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Cogman

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
IF the voltage was +84v you are fine.

IF it was -84V then it sucked out your soul and you need to shock yourself at the peak value to achieve a respectable level of liquidity in American markets.

Thats why common household voltage doesn't go negative, it only pulses up (or is it the other way around)

This is false.

 

[f1r3s1d3]

You'll be fine.

 

[Dessert Tears]

Originally posted by: huberm

Originally posted by: Flatscan

Originally posted by: huberm
Reason is they get shocked and think nothing of it because they're still alive. Then later on down the road, say the next day, their heart fibrillates and they die.

Do you know the mechanism for the delay before death? Does the electric shock trigger a persistent arrhythmia that decays into fibrillation?

i have no idea, thats just what I remember the safety videos saying

Thanks for the reply. Does anyone know more?

 

[TridenT]

Isn't it not the voltage but the amperage that kills you...

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Cogman

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
IF the voltage was +84v you are fine.

IF it was -84V then it sucked out your soul and you need to shock yourself at the peak value to achieve a respectable level of liquidity in American markets.

Thats why common household voltage doesn't go negative, it only pulses up (or is it the other way around)

Uh what? are you a fucking idiot?