Of course you didn't drop it. You couldn't if you wanted to...
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Gotta wonder if he got into primary or secondary voltage. And if primary > why was it so close to a tower. > If secondary must have been one of those fluke where 120 or 240 stops > someone’s heart. > > I was up a tower at about the 200 foot level to change a bulb once. The > red glass cover gasket was stuck to the diecast aluminum base. I was > bumping the top of the lens with the heel of my palm trying to break the > gasket loose without the lens hitting the bulb. I failed. Broke the > bulb. > > OK, now, how to extract the base of the bulb from the socket. I know, I > will use my trusty leatherman tool. > > Crammed into the base of the bulb and started to get zapped pretty good. > Seems the electrician had wired up the photocell to the neutral. And had > made the threaded part of the bulb socket hot to boot. > I didn’t drop the leatherman. The guy on the ground heard me yell. We > got the power cut, the bulb changed and down I came. > One other towertop shock I got was from an old all metal electric drill. > It was so old they didn’t have a 3 wire line cord. Something inside the > drill had touched the hot wire and energized the housing. But only after > you pulled the trigger. Didn’t drop the drill either. > > My experience - so far – has been that 120 VAC makes you cuss but does not > kill you. > > *From:* Jeff Broadwick - Lists <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:17 AM > *To:* Wispa Members List <[email protected]> ; Animal Farm List > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Tower Worker Critically Injured > > I'm sure prayers and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. > > > http://m.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/worker-seriously-injured-while-working-on-wireless-tower/article_193a6668-fd4a-591c-94c5-5beb56f5ec42.html?mode=jqm > > Jeff Broadwick > ConVergence Technologies, Inc. > 312-205-2519 Office > 574-220-7826 Cell > [email protected] >
