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Registered Member #4497
Joined: Thu Apr 19 2012, 12:53PM
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i was, an AC Flyback (!) directly electrocutred and paralyzed me for about ten seconds (from one hand to another), plus my power source didn't have caps, so i felt 50Hz flowing through my body... well, it burned my fingers and they hurt for a few weeks, that's all
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Joined: Wed Aug 31 2011, 06:40PM
Location: UK
Posts: 139
Wet skin resistance drops to about a third of dry skin resistance (from what I tried with a multimeter and a bucket of tap water), so every little helps!
Registered Member #5208
Joined: Thu Jun 07 2012, 06:12PM
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I was shocked by a ZVS. The battery was almost discharged, and it was running on 12v, it hurt a bit, but not worse than a wall socket shock (which indeed hurts). I don't know if it can be counted as a shock by ZVS, but when drawing arcs, something stopped working (positive lead got loose a bit). I poked the MOSFETs, when suddenly power came back on, and it kicked me. It was running on 24v. I don't know how it's possible.
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I got some $2 Gorrilla Grip gloves from the hawrdware store. After shocking myself on a camera flash cap I never touch anything over 9v without them now. They're covered in front with rubber(?) insulation but they don't interfere with my dexterity at all.
If heated that an electric shock can be faitle up to several hours after it is reseived due to damage to the body's electrical sistem dose anyone know if this is true? And how bad would the shock have to be
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Joined: Thu Mar 27 2008, 04:07PM
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Someone on a Chinese electronics hobbyist forum wrote that he "intentionally" touch the spark form a ZVS driven flyback(with an iron stick).The result is that he burn his hand and his shoe.
Another person wrote that his hand was seriously burned when he was accidentally shocked by ZVS driven flyback .
Registered Member #3888
Joined: Sun May 15 2011, 09:50PM
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Yea I think i was shocked once by a zvs flyback. just gave me a little jolt and burnt a small hole in my finger. I imagine with the right transformer and input power that it could be fatal though, so be careful always. make yourself a nice chicken stick.
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Joined: Mon Feb 13 2006, 10:25AM
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Of the 38 other electronic service guys I work with very few have never had a potentially nasty electric shock some know of electrical workers that have been electrocuted - very few I believe you can be electrocuted by the battery in a multimeter, or survive a lightning strike, Overall, electronics is a lot safer than chemistry, cooking etc.. so ... do you feel lucky ?
Sulaiman but sometimes currents feel good! :P but I did do a mistake when messing with a horse electric fence. Now touching this while wearing shoes feels good. Touching it with one shoe off onto wet ground and grabbing the full fence. No, that's 60mA and it doesn't feel good. I'm glad I didn't take off the other shoe and touched it with my other hand too... or even do it on that side. x3 But to me, 40mA DC with both hands on one terminal (20mA on each hand), that feels good. IDK why, but I like it. Doesn't make me clench, and I don't feel much pain :P I guess it is a good thing somewhat, that I can handle higher currents. Makes it a bit harder for me to get electrocuted. x3
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