> Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > I was showed by an older electrician how to play with high voltage. I've > > had 480 dancing on my finger tips. I was with him unhooking a house from > > the outside electric, which someone turned on. He twisted his ankle falling > > from the ladder after getting shocked but was otherwise okay. We took a > > break and he went back at it. > > How high was he when he fell? > > And how many people get hurt every year because someone comes along and > turns on the power they've shut off so they can work *safely*? > Better question is how many are killed.rob
It was near twenty feet*, he fell on grass, hit and rolled then popped up standing. He said he hurt himself when he popped up! He was in his fifties, I couldn't have done that and I was 24.
Here is the bad part: the power wasn't off, but there was supposed to be nothing turned on in the house. So there was voltage but no current. I didn't understand it, I was there just to help. It was a mostly empty rental house. Someone decided to plug the fridge in. When it turned on, bang.
Let me tell you about the time I was on a high lift inside a factory working on lights and saw the overhead crane coming at me, fast.....in fact the brother of a friend of mine was killed by an overhead crane. He had it locked out but it was wired wrong, the other kill switch re-activated the power when pushed in.
Let me tell you why I'm a computer programmer now, the scariest thing I have to do is drive in and ride the elevator.......
Kevin T.
*It was only a 24 foot ladder and he was below the top, so his feet may have been at 12-14 feet. But still,,,.
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