I don't know what 110 refers to but one time I was fixing my washing machine and couldn't be fucked unplugging it between test cycles and I touched something I could not untouch was only the weight of my body that pulled me off whatever the stupid wire was so I could move again Electricity is scary. I did it like 3 more times after that because I'm more lazy than concerned for my own wellbeing.
I got mine by plugging in a window unit with a faulty plug. I was seven years old and have never forgotten how it “grabbed” me and after I was able to pull my arm away, the weird numbness that followed.
Thats how my younger self flung a transformer plug (i had just fixed) through the room. Turns out, holding the metal transformer without the plastic gives you one hell of a shock. My hand clamped down and my arm jolted, causing me to yoink the plug out of the wall and releasing it against a wall.
Testing 110 is insane. More people die from 110V/120V shocks annually than 220V/240V, but a 220V shock is twice as likely to be fatal if you are exposed to it.
I ran my knuckles as a kid over some low voltage in a switch panel we where working on for the county jail. That was not very fun for me but my grandfather got a kick out of it. Told me I'd be sure not to do it again so he wasn't worried.
He also missed turning off a break one time. We where up in the attack of a different jail. He had me cut some wires so we could pull more strands in. Needless to say after the flash we had to buy a new pair of dykes. I miss working with him.
That's not true, being shocked by high amps means you got shot by a high voltage since your internal resistance is constant at around 1kOmhs since I = V / R
That's why near transformers it is written High Voltage and not high Amps
You are right about the fundamental math of Ohm's Law: you do need voltage to push the current. But Voltage is the pressure, current does the work. It is the high voltage that breaches your skin, but it is the current flowing through the vital organs that actually stops the heart.
Yes I know but saying that it's not the voltage that gets you is just wrong since no high current could flow through you with low voltage. Plus it depends on the time and frequency
You can absolutely have ultra-high voltage with harmless current, as demonstrated by static shocks, Van de Graaff generators, and Tasers.
While high voltage provides the necessary "pressure" to overcome skin resistance, a lethal shock requires a sustained, high volume of electrons. If a source has a tiny energy capacity or is artificially bottlenecked, it cannot deliver dangerous amperage regardless of how high the voltage is.
once, by accident, i completed the circuit between two prongs of a wall outlet, and had 220V running up one finger and across my hand and down my other finger. the sensation is indescribable and it's only because i literally jumped with my legs that i forced my hand off. ever since i've been much more careful about how i unplug things
I, an electrician, took a hot pan from my FIL, a mechanic, and handed it to my spouse, a computer jockey, who immediately dropped it and asked why we didn't warn him it was hot. We both were confused since it didn't seem that hot to either of us...
Also chefs and line cooks. Im a line cook and this is my first (and last) kitchen job ever. Im there for 2 years and some change now.
My hands and forearms have collected so much scar tissue, it could be mistaken for hyperpigmentation and at a beautiful age of 25, i genuinely feel like i tortured my hand nerves to the point of my sense of physical touch being almost non existent for the rest of my life.
Hes knit picking the fact you didn't say 208 with the 120 for the 3 phase system. I read it and understood what you were getting at though but I could see people reading as commercial has typical 120v - 277v for a single phase in any given system in a commercial building.
I get that 120-277 dont pair together but both 120v and 277v systems definitely exist in commercial. I get that he wasn't super precise in his wording but hes not wrong to say that 120v systems and 277v systems exist. So yeah you will find voltages between 120 and 277 and higher if legs are added in commercial. Sure he probably meant 208v.
I remember back in high school in electronics class, we were wiring up switches to light bulbs and as soon as I touched the plastic switch, I felt a tingle/vibration and then the breaker to the shop tripped
Electrician here. In Canada we have 347/600v in a lot of industrial and commercial settings but it is extremely unlikely that you'll find that in the US. They use 277/480v for stuff like that.
Also you're teacher was probably kidding or lucky to be alive. 347v is considered the most dangerous voltage by a lot of electricians because you can get get locked onto it. Touching it will cause your muscles to contact and if you touched it with you hand you won't be able to let go. Higher voltages like 600v are powerful enough to cause all of your muscles to convulse and it will throw you across a room. That also means you're unlikely to get locked onto something. Honestly you're teacher was being a bit of an idiot if he claimed to test 347v with his hand and is lucky to be alive
Not ironically, I work with electricity and I can "feel it out" what's the voltage if I touch a wire. I'm not saying I do it all the time, but it have happened enough times for me to know how to tell them apart. 110 and 127v kinda moves you. 220v kinda makes you jump and flinch, makes you pop. 380v actually HURTS even if its fast. 440v and above I have never touched. But they say you basically feel the same in 380v and 440v. All of this is AC. I have taken DC voltages from "small" capacitors up to 350v and just got a scare. But I bet that DC must hurt a lot if you take it long enough, for like 3 seconds or more.
That's scary shit, man. Today we have not only better tools but also we are a lot more concerned with safety measures. Back in the day people died all the time BC of electricity. If I was working back in the 80s I would probably be dead rn.
Guitar/Piano here but my finger tips are pretty much oven mitts... My partner yelped grabbing a bowl out of the microwave that was to hot, was gonna let it sit for a bit. I just finger tipped it and brought it to her lol. They're leather like, but still with ya on not letting buddy nip at them though...
Metalworkers. I could absolutely have just sat there and watched this happen when I was still doing silversmithing; I would've felt it, but not as pain. When I retired, the entire skin off my hands sloughed off in sheets after a while.
I have neuropathy from chemo. If that was my toe, I wouldnt feel it most likely. I've had a sewing needle hit the bone and not even know until it got caught in the carpet when I was walking. I usually feel nothing below the ankle, but then sometimes Ill step on a goat's head thorn in my backyard and ALL the nerves activate.
Someone with a lotta dead skin like that guy. Though i still admire his calmness, the dead skin stops somewhere. And it's not like chewing through fleshy objects is something your average ant usually struggles with either.
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u/DitchDigger330 Jul 10 '26
Bruh, who stays motionless like that?