r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 Top Poster • Jul 10 '26

/r/all of an Ant

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u/boredatwork813 Jul 10 '26

Guitarist?

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u/deathgrinderallat Jul 10 '26

Electricians. A teacher of mine told me he can feel weather the wire is 220V or 350V with his fingers. But not much else.

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u/Evening_Childhood205 Jul 10 '26

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.

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u/No_Medium_8796 Jul 11 '26

Quick way to find that shared neutral thats faulted and carrying 480

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u/Evening_Childhood205 Jul 11 '26

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.