Almost died unhooking amp the other day

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I was hit by 480 once. In one arm, through my chest, and out the other arm. Still no clue why it didn't kill me. Did knock me off the ladder though.

Oh and, you guys know better than to insult other members in the tech sections. Keep your replies respectful, or dont post at all.

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

Expected: "The stick propping up hatch slipped and hatch fell on head", "Did not realize the car was in neutral and it ran me over", or "Lion attacked me from behind"

Did not expect: "12v arc"

Glad to hear you are ok //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Cool story bro

 

[Robert 2001 10+ year member]

480v is so much more fun leaves the whole body sore the next day.

 

[FlexnInLa 10+ year member]

12v can kill if there are enough amps. Amps are what kill not volts.
OP why would you not disconnect the battery first before you did anything else?

Yay, somebody understands electricity!

 

[FlexnInLa 10+ year member]

Cool story bro

****, you beat me to it!

 

[ChevyRidinLow]

the other day i found out that a human can be a subwoofer lol i grabbed my speaker leads and got shocked every time the bass hit. it was sweet

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

****, you beat me to it!

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[Gbob2003 10+ year member]

the other day i found out that a human can be a subwoofer lol i grabbed my speaker leads and got shocked every time the bass hit. it was sweet

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

you grabbed a negative wire and it shocked you?

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

yeah how did a ground shock you? Somethings not adding up here //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I know a guy that got hit with what they said was 600+ volts.. Needless to say he still cant walk after about 2 years and he doesnt look so hot after all the skin graphs etc over 75% of his body. LUCKY as hell he survived

 

[kingmanbc 10+ year member]

stay safe wear protection

 

[99chevy7.4L 10+ year member]

12VDC can kill you. Its the amperage that will kill you not the voltage. It only takes like 1 amp to stop your heart. That's why a taser doesn't kill. Its 20,000 volts but only .01 amps. If you don't think it won't kill bridge the battery terminal in your car with a wrench and hold on it. Can you say defibulator. The guy that got hit with 480. He wasn't totally grounded on a ladder. It was prob a fiberglass ladder. If it was steel he wouldn't be here. Been there done that.

 

[97maxima 10+ year member]

Next time try a full bathtub and a plugged in appliance

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

You guys still don't understand how electricity works. I know everyone runs around saying "It's the amperage not the voltage" but that doesn't mean that 1V will kill you if you grab the terminals. The voltage has to be high enough to overcome the resistance of your skin/body which is quite high. If you don't believe me, just go grab each terminal of your battery with each hand, oh jeez, not a damn thing happened? But in a dead short that battery is capable of producing hundreds of amps, so if it's the amperage how is this possible? The voltage is too low //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

That being said, I did stick a screwdriver into a terminal holding one of a three phase 480 power line and yeah, that felt pretty good...haha