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Shocking (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Would

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Experiment, progress, possibly die

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you know how many times I've tested the cattle electrified fence just to see what would happen?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Two times?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Archival footage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I just thought of the time machine ordered in Napoleon Dynamite and got a laugh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The 35% of men who didn't do it had previous experiences with electric shocks from fences or electronics

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt. And poke with a dry finger, don't dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you'll be fine ; basic mains elec safety precautions.

I wonder if most sparkies are men - I'm not sure i've ever met a woman electrician.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've met a few, and they were/are damned good electricians. Quality was A1, as a former electrician.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know how to phrase this politely, but it comes from a place of love: were they just as nuts as male electricians?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The ones I met at my current job are both laid back, the journey(wo)man is a kind older church-going lady who likes pink work gloves while working on 3ph 480 lines, the apprentice is my age and speaks softly but has a lot of excellent tattoos and probably dirt bikes.

So iunno. Other than being good and reliable electricians, they may be crazy in different ways, but I like em both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Back pocket trick?

[–] rushaction 4 points 4 months ago

It's to prevent the person from completing a circuit across their chest if accidentally touching a ground or the like with their other arm. Hearts don't like that.

Just a way to reduce risk when working with electricity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Absolutely no way I'd shock myself in boredom willingly. I have way too much respect for myself... says the man who has on multiple occasions twisted a pencil multiple times in my hair to the point it starts to get the smallest pain reaction when I've been bored at home in the middle of the night.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Just get someone else to pull your hair, it's a lot more fun

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