Have you ever been Electrocuted??

Halloran springs

I have today, quite painful experience!

Offy

Halloran springs wrote: »

I have today, quite painful experience!

lol you mean you got a shock, if you were electrocuted you would be dead. Or is this a zombie thread???

galwayrush

A few shocks, but thankfully never electrocuted. ( I would be dead if that happened. )

wp_rathead

Electric fences- yeah

from a socket- no

Halloran springs

Offy wrote: »

lol you mean you got a shock, if you were electrocuted you would be dead. Or is this a zombie thread???

I see what you did there

Idjit

From a socket when I was very small. Apparently I complained I had heard a loud bang inside my head and had to lie down for the day. Doctor said that some people who hear that bang don't wake up after it because it's the sound of the circuit closing. Thankfully the trip switch saved me xD

my brother died from electrocution. nasty way to go

Wereghost

No, still sucking air.
[/Pedantic Pat]

Minor electric shocks maybe, but nothing significant as far as I recall.

im invisible

yeah, but i'm fine now

Halloran springs

Deleted User wrote: »

my brother died from electrocution. nasty way to go

Sorry to hear that man, if people take one thing from this thread let it be that electricity (although something which surrounds us every second of every day) can potentially be lethal. I only got a small shock today but it knocked me down for around 5 minutes.

Chuck Stone

I did but:

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM

jeepers101

Probably had more than 30 shocks to date. Puts me in fierce bad humour.

Drexel

Ive been shocked twice!

When I was very small my sister told me to stick a hanger in the socket. I don't really remember if it hurt or anything tho.

The other one was is a bit embarrassing cause I was about 14 and was a stupid thing to do. I was putting a plug on something and wanted to make sure I had it all wired up right before screwing the front of the plug back on so I went ahead without thinking and plugged it in with the front off. I got a nasty shock off of that I have to say. thinking now I think I might have been lucky I wasn't more seriously hurt

fasttalkerchat

No, and neither have any of you.

Electrocution is death caused by electric shock.

caste_in_exile

Halloran springs wrote: »

I have today, quite painful experience!

I dunno if that's even pain, it's a fcuking weird sensation. had a few shocks alright

Snowc

Yes last year while changing a light bulb it wont fit in because of rust so I used a knife to clean it away and got blown of my ladder.

alphabeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuAMNqMuL7U

dgt

I once urinated on an electric fence. A very sore experience

galwayrush

dgt wrote: »

I once urinated on an electric fence. A very sore experience

Talk about taking the piss.

Zebra3

Just remember folks, not even 50,000 volts will kill ya!!!!

galwayrush

Zebra3 wrote: »

Just remember folks, not even 50,000 volts will kill ya!!!!

Amp believing you.

joydivision

Wire feeding electric shower . Couldnt let it go . Hands wouldnt do what brain told it to . Thank jaysus for trip switch .

Struck by lightning through a plate glass window?

Didn't hurt but threw me on the floor.

imfml

I got a shock once that lasted about 3-5 seconds off a small portable electric heater when I was about 13. I remember at the time nobody in the room noticed what had happened, and it was by no means serious, but I remember being horrified by how it feeling felt. Can't imagine experiencing a larger shock. It really is a frightening experience.

doyle61

Electrocuted no because well im writing this aren't I. I have got bad shocks though as in 220v a few times (sparky by trade lol). One time I was doing a job of rewiring a garage. I turned off the power coming from the house and cut the wire connecting the house and garage and bang. Your one in the house reset the mcb while I was outside. That one really hurt. Another time I had a washing machine stripped down on the bench in the workshop trying to find a fault (had it plugged in) and one of the lads threw a screw driver into it for the crack. It happened to cross a capacitor which was interesting to say the least lol. Funniest/stupidest one I was involved in though was when I was an apprentice and we got our mitts on a veritable transformer and decided to see who could hold onto the terminals for the highest rating. I got to 90% but one of the lads got to 94%. That one didn't hurt but it was the strangest feeling ever............obviously I wouldn't recommend doing it though lol

BBDBB

I licked a battery once

caste_in_exile

Intense stress, anxiety.. frazzled nerves a *shock* is probably the correct description. It's horrible

WoollyRedHat

The amount of times I have got a shock from the escalator is... well shocking.

Fr_Dougal

Halloran springs wrote: »

I have today, quite painful experience!

You literally died.

PseudoFamous

What sort of voltage is an electric fence at? That's happened to me a few times.

af_thefragile

Yarp...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uI0DbJq7eI

caste_in_exile

Electric fence happened me too you go out, for a bit of a buzz and don't come home dissapointed. Beats buckshot in the rump I suppose

Pottler

For true fun with electricity, you need to play with a megger - tradie lads will know what one is, for others, it's a yoke for testing the integrity of a system by overloading it massively, but briefly (basically) OR, it's like a little electric shock machine with a huge output - connect it to somthing metallic, get victim to pick up said item and hit the button - cue many hours of fun recounting just how high the victim managed to jump from a standing start:D Probably best not to overdo it as it can lead to an ache in the testicles - mainly when the victim gets huffy after shock 3 or 4 and kicks you in the rocks..

super_furry

Did that thing when you're putting in a plug and somehow manage to touch one of the live bottom two prongs as you put it into the wall. No idea what voltage of a show that would be but it felt like I'd been bitten.

Halloran springs

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

You literally died.

Hmmm...

keith16

When I was about 6 I removed the lead from a stereo or some such device, plugged it in, switched on the plug and stuck the other end in my mouth! :pac:

Saw a bluey / green flash, heard a weird noise and it was like someone punching me in the face!

eire-kp

Yes a really nasty shock in a hospital of al the places Got the shock due to some one disregarding lock out procedures..a fibreglass ladder saved me.

Anyone ever got a shock of bad spark plug leads in a car?...yikes:pac:

Reindeer

As a child I bit into an electrical cord. The wiring in the house at the time dated back to the 40's, and it didn't trip the breaker before I was allowed a healthy dose. My lips are a tad fatter than they probably should be, and I have some discoloration. The worst part is that ever since the incident, I can now see about one second into the future. It's the worst super power ever. It's like DeJaVu 24/7. The most confusing part is when I know I am going to have DeJaVu.

miller50841

I wasn't electrocuted but did get a few proper shocks alright...

The best was re wiring a house the other lad was doing the board and I asked him 3 times was it off sure it is just do what your at then of course big bang and sore fingers 4 a while ;-)

finipops

Only by an electric fence but when i was only 10-12 there's was a tiny hole above the socket in me and my brothers bedroom, and when we did something wrong we were put in our room for the day so me and my brother used to p!ss into the small hole above the socket and cut out all the electricity in our house as punishment to our dad for sending us to our room.

He never found out why it kept happening and thankfully we weren't electrocuted.

Death and Taxes

Halloran springs wrote: »

I have today, quite painful experience!

If you had been electrcuted you would be dead ffs!

senorwipesalot

On last day in Fas I paralled 3 meggars ,cranked them up to 1000v each and stuck them to the class lickarses temples,like some sh1t frankenstein experiment.

The poor bastard never spoke to me again,then again maybe he never spoke to anyone again.

Some buzz.

admiralofthefleet

yeah a few times, most recently on a stainless steel counter top that wasnt earthed. nearly blew my hand off and i was strangely starving innediately afterwards. i knew a fella who had a gypsies on an electric fence years ago

JoeGil

Was trying to put a new bulb into a standard lamp one time and couldn't force the bulb in. I thought the lamp was plugged out and pressed the prongs down to see why the bulb wouldn't fit. The shock threw me on the floor and I was dazed for five minutes.