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I remember changing a grill element without remembering to turn off the oven and ending up sitting on the kitchen floor holding my arm .
I also remember putting the new element in (I had to wait a few days for it arrive) and sitting on the floor holding my arm a second time. . .
Glad you’re ok....
The most dramatic shock I've ever had was off the HV side of the ignition system of my parents first car. That felt like my arm was being yanked off....very low current I assume?
I have had arguments with potential customers about things like this... not a problem - if you don't want your amp made compliant with safety regs then I am more than happy not to work on it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Turn off the power first though!
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Football is rubbish.
I too have had HT shocks. The worst was when I tried to stop a running car by yanking out the coil lead from the distributor cap. 4 times the number of 30KV+ shocks and unable to let go while the engine spun down. Oweeee.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Another time I had forgotten to check whether I had switched off the mains before grabbing the "electric harmonica" terminals on the back of the unit. It locked up my left hand, which I was using to remove the terminals and had to lean over and switch off the mains with my right hand. It wasn't particularly painful, but was a little scary.
The one that hurt most was from a plasma display unit. The test procedure was probably illegal and certainly dangerous, as both the mains board and 250vdc board were exposed and the only way to hold the thing to adjust it was via a small tab on the front panel. The tab was probably only around a centimetre , so not much to grab hold of. On this particular day, the thing slipped from my grip and without thinking, I grabbed it. One side of my hand got the 240vac, whilst the other side got the 250vdc. That really did hurt, and ended up blowing the circuit breaker for the whole department.
I have to say, I don't really miss working with mains!
I said maybe.....