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<blockquote data-quote="JimJ" data-source="post: 903366" data-attributes="member: 555251">I got nailed by the main 480VAC feed into the house when it first was switched on...this being the electrical system that &quot;passed&quot; code inspection the week before. I woke up on the other side of the room, with no clear recollection how I got there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Bastages - turned out a staple in the window mounting frame had shorted a section of 12awg Romex, and the main panel bypassed the breakers (geniuses...true geniuses). Worst shock I ever got, and I&#039;d prefer not to repeat that.I worked on a friend&#039;s kW RF deck in his HF amplifier...that thing was fun, had something like 3200V modulating the plates of the tubes. I worked with a hand in my pocket and sweat on my face, wondering what would happen if I dropped a wrench in there...It&#039;s really not that much - you&#039;re mostly water and electrolytes anyway, so you make a dandy conductor. I should see what I measure across my rings...never done that, but would be curious to see if I actually have a conducting path there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimJ, post: 903366, member: 555251"] I got nailed by the main 480VAC feed into the house when it first was switched on...this being the electrical system that "passed" code inspection the week before. I woke up on the other side of the room, with no clear recollection how I got there [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Bastages - turned out a staple in the window mounting frame had shorted a section of 12awg Romex, and the main panel bypassed the breakers (geniuses...true geniuses). Worst shock I ever got, and I'd prefer not to repeat that. I worked on a friend's kW RF deck in his HF amplifier...that thing was fun, had something like 3200V modulating the plates of the tubes. I worked with a hand in my pocket and sweat on my face, wondering what would happen if I dropped a wrench in there... It's really not that much - you're mostly water and electrolytes anyway, so you make a dandy conductor. I should see what I measure across my rings...never done that, but would be curious to see if I actually have a conducting path there [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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