Have you ever been Electrocuted??

Halloran springs · 08-11-2012 08:27PM #1

I have today, quite painful experience!

Offy · 08-11-2012 08:28PM

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 · 08-11-2012 08:29PM

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

wp_rathead · 08-11-2012 08:29PM

Electric fences- yeah

from a socket- no

Halloran springs · 08-11-2012 08:31PM

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 · 08-11-2012 08:31PM

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

08-11-2012 08:32PM

my brother died from electrocution. nasty way to go

Wereghost · 08-11-2012 08:33PM

No, still sucking air.
[/Pedantic Pat]

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

im invisible · 08-11-2012 08:35PM

yeah, but i'm fine now

Halloran springs · 08-11-2012 08:35PM

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 · 08-11-2012 08:36PM

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 · 08-11-2012 08:39PM

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

Drexel · 08-11-2012 08:41PM

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 · 08-11-2012 08:42PM

No, and neither have any of you.

Electrocution is death caused by electric shock.

caste_in_exile · 08-11-2012 09:00PM

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 · 08-11-2012 09:02PM

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 · 08-11-2012 09:04PM

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

dgt · 08-11-2012 09:07PM

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

galwayrush · 08-11-2012 09:09PM

dgt wrote: »

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

Talk about taking the piss.

Zebra3 · 08-11-2012 09:09PM

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

galwayrush · 08-11-2012 09:12PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

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

Amp believing you.

joydivision · 08-11-2012 09:15PM

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

08-11-2012 09:16PM

Struck by lightning through a plate glass window?

Didn't hurt but threw me on the floor.

imfml · 08-11-2012 09:21PM

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 · 08-11-2012 09:22PM

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