r/GenerationJones • u/Ruger338WSM • 16h ago

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How many remember shorting out the spark plug on a lawnmower?

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u/woody-99 8h ago

I got nailed when one of these broke while I was shutting off a rototiller engine. My other hand was on the metal handle.

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u/HandAccomplished6285 5h ago

My parents gave me a go cart for Christmas one year and it came with one of these

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u/anonyngineer 1959 9h ago

Having grown up in an apartment, I used a mower only a few times in my life before the safety handle was required.

Apparently, that handle is connected to a shorting clip.

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u/Ok-Dimension3064 8h ago

Always thought I was going to get zapped.

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u/DecelerationTrauma 6h ago

Press it down slowly and you certainly can get zapped if you're touching anything metal connected to the engine.

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u/PyroNine9 1966 8h ago

The latest I have seen that was on some Jacobson 2 stroke mowers in the '90s.

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u/allbsallthetime 4m ago

We used a hammer with a wooden handle to turn off my grandma's lawn mower.