How many times have you been electrocuted?

[unbeatablec]

I have been electrocuted 3 times, twice by broke heaters, and once by unplugging something.

[redswi]

Never aquaria related anyway

[DarkSoul]

i cant remember, its been that many..... but as above, not aquaria related.

I have a 4000V cap discharge into my arm..... that was an experience and a half.

[bullseye69]

hmmmm never aquaria either does trying to rehook your power back up outside the house, shhhh don't tell lol.

[clown-lover]

Not aquaria related.. I was about 13 years old. I was with my father on the family farm.. wasn't fun.. electric fences should be outlawed.. :lipssealedsmilie:

[jojo22]

Not aquaria related.. I was about 13 years old. I was with my father on the family farm.. wasn't fun.. electric fences should be outlawed.. :lipssealedsmilie:

Bet you never pee'ed on that again!!!

[Mgamer20o0]

peeing on it wouldnt shock you....


there was no option for more times then you could remember.

[haydenholgate]

i have been electrocuted several times. i have touched the prongs wile unplugging things. one time i was in a farmers feild and i slipped in cow poop and grabbed an electric fence. i

[nickmcmechan]

i cant remember, its been that many..... but as above, not aquaria related.

I have a 4000V cap discharge into my arm..... that was an experience and a half.
from your avatar, looks like it made al your hair fall out!

[Slappy*McFish]

Doesn't 'electrocution' imply that you've been killed?:huh:

I've never been electrocuted, lol....but I've been shocked pretty hard a few times. I had 50 amps knock me on my *** and it hurt like hell.

I'd hate to get hit by lightning. ;):eek3:

[Reefscape]

more than i care to remember...and none of them were aquarium related...

[fballguy]

I thumped myself pretty good 7 times in TIG welding class this past spring. the first 6 were on the 1st couple of days, and were because of common rookie mistakes, but nothing major, just enough to get your attention and maybe make you inadvertently throw something. The last time wsa towards the end, I was welding together 2 pieces of 3/8 inch stainless so I had the amperage at around 120. I picked up the torch and the filler wire, got into position, hit the pedal to start welding and WHAM! I had forgotten to put the handle on the torch so my hand was on bare metal. Let's just say 120 amps pumping through your body isn't the greatest feeling ever.

[J double R]

more times than i remember..


oh, and for the record..http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocution

[Sovran]

I have touched electric fences, and also been hit by lightening whilst taking a bath. Blew me straight out of the tub. Ever since then, batteries in watches, cell phones etc. lose their power extremely quickly when I use them. I also can't use remote mikes because of some interference.

[DarkSoul]

from your avatar, looks like it made al your hair fall out!

I didnt have the tattoo at the time... but I wish it did make my hair fall out, cause it would save me having to shave it.

[wataugachicken]

once when touching a faulty lamp. . . it had a movable swivel-like design, with the bulb part connected to the base with two metal rods. it wasn't a major shock, but when i picked it up there was a definite current running through it. safe enough to actually hold it, but it made me nervous so i tossed it out.

another time i was riding my bike (i was 10 or 11) and a car ran me off the road. went down a hill and my face was stopped by the electric fence hitting right across my cheek. my bike kept going. ouch.

[KnaveTO]

way more times that I care to remember... lol

[Sploke]

Quite a few, both fish-related and not. The nots were usually a lot more painful.

[bettagurl]

Trying to plug in a broken tank light.. while touching the light area..

Unplugging a washer and getting my finger(that just ****ing happened to have a metal thingybob on it) on the prongs. then I couldn't let go of it.. that wasn't fun...

A bull prod...my friend did it, but thats ok because I broke a vase on her head. Now we're all good ;)(can you feel the love?? )

My brother stabbed me with his taser.

My aquarium's heater broke... and I touched it :headshake2:

An electrical wire under my pier...

Many,MANY, light bulbs lol

My friend's laptop... I kinda spilled soda in it :D

after the last one I don't remember much.. but there is probably more :werd:

[Slappy*McFish]

Wow! So far, 13 people have been killed by electrocution 5 or more times!...lol:eek3:

[clown-lover]

peeing on it wouldnt shock you....


there was no option for more times then you could remember.

Better read my posts better.. I stepped over it and it brushed against my thigh..

[vic46]

Doesn't 'electrocution' imply that you've been killed?:huh:

I've never been electrocuted, lol....but I've been shocked pretty hard a few times. I had 50 amps knock me on my *** and it hurt like hell.

I'd hate to get hit by lightning. ;):eek3:

Hear, Hear:
e·lec·tro·cute http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.pngPronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciationlek[/B]-tr[I]uh-kyoot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -cut·ed, -cut·ing. 1.to kill by electricity. 2.to execute (a criminal) by electricity, as in an electric chair.

Electric shock as in defibrilation, boy is that a bundle of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vic

[hatcheridiot]

:shocked: As others, I've been "shocked" more times than I can remember.

Sovran.....you're lucky to be alive, shocking history you have there.

Ok, that was a REALLY bad joke, sorry. ;)

[jpappy789]

I got a small scale shock from an electrical fence once when I was like 9...didn't hurt, but scared the **** out of me.

Note to self: never touch an electrical fence with a wet tree branch...

[Plecosterone]

Many, many times. Being in home renovations most of my life I have had my share of shocks. Never use extension cords inside a wall. It is amazing what some people do with wires. An electrician freind of mine says that electricity scares the hell out of him. I told him that it is because he knows what it can do and it is not a bad thing to be scared of. I also don't think many kids that grew up around electric fences have managed to not let curiousity get the better of them...lol.

[Sovran]

:shocked: As others, I've been "shocked" more times than I can remember.

Sovran.....you're lucky to be alive, shocking history you have there.

Ok, that was a REALLY bad joke, sorry. ;)

:silly: Way tooo early for a weak pun - lol

[boomerjr91]

I live on a farm so I've been shocked with 5000 volts many times. I hate that fence because it makes the bodyparts go numb. Sledded into it, kicked into it, walked into it when I thought it was off, etc,etc.

[S.A.]

More than five times.

First major one 15 years ago - the stove top had a short and I was cleaning it. I couldn't feel my arm for two days. My thumb still has some damage.

Next - finger made the connection between two outlet prongs.

Next - car battery. OUCH!

Next - changing out the light switch. Of course I didn't turn off the electricity! What do you think I am, an amatuer? (again couldn't feel my arm for a day and boy did it hurt when the feeling started coming back. I even got some small *fern* burns on my arm.

Next - The light switch in the next room. Honey... would you shut off the power?

I don't work on the electrical in the house without it off anymore, I am too conductive.

And many many more smaller ones.

[S.A.]

I live on a farm so I've been shocked with 5000 volts many times. I hate that fence because it makes the bodyparts go numb. Sledded into it, kicked into it, walked into it when I thought it was off, etc,etc.

AAAAHHHHH I HATE THE FENCE! I have rubbed, tripped, and been pushed onto them (darn cows). The worst was right after I had "blossomed" and didn't have a real idea of how far out my chest was (sorry guys). Turned around and grazed the fence with both. OMG I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE! I am just glad it was the lower voltage!:eek3:

[legendaryfrog]

I've been electrocuted many times, but only once was it ever severely.


way back when i was 10 years old and still living in poland, me and a couple neighborhood kids would always touch the electric fences, for fun.

One day while walking a different path home from school, we spotted an electric fence and decided to touch it. I went first, and for some reason this fence had way more current going through it, and i ended up falling to the ground immediately blanking out, as my friends put it. For the next few days i had a very irratating ringing in my ears.

[PPMN]

I have touched electric fences, and also been hit by lightening whilst taking a bath. Blew me straight out of the tub. Ever since then, batteries in watches, cell phones etc. lose their power extremely quickly when I use them. I also can't use remote mikes because of some interference.


hahaha



I've been "zapped" a few times, but never was it tank related. I too touched a farm fence...suprised me.

[severum mama]

I've never been shocked, and certainly never by my tanks. All my equipment is plugged into power strips so I just flip the switch to turn everything off before I reach into the tank.

[Old Fox]

I've been shocked many times none aquarium related. I've had lightning hit 2 of my cars through the radiator shorting out the entire electrical system ; while I was driving them. I've had a tree get hit and fall on my car while I was in it, while working lightning caused a surge that came through the computer I was operating and knocked me across the room ( OSHA made me get checked out at the hospital for that one).
The most embarassing was backing intio an electric fence.
I've learned to stay indoors if there is even a hint of a t-storrm. lol

[ILOVEBETTAS]

I know I'm bringing back a thread from a million years ago but oh well. I'm bored.

I've been electrocuted twice by bad wiring. I was at a friend's house and her dad had just finished a huge home gyn thing (they're filthy rich.) Anyway there was a bad wire under the door of the gym and when you walk over it you would possibly be electrocuted... and I was, twice :P

[loaches r cool]

I know I'm bringing back a thread from a million years ago but oh well. I'm bored.

LOL, but I missed this earlier so thats fine.

Been shocked many a times (but luckily never electrocuted), and intentionaly with about half a million volts as a display with various tesla coils I have built like this:
http://tristan.homelinux.net/quantum2/newstuff/double3.JPG
I'm not really sitting there (double exposure) but you get the idea of its size. Many of my projects use very lethal transformers and capacitors, luckily I never have been shocked since working on HV (accidentaly anyways) since it only takes 1 time and your toast, litteraly. This will do the trick real fast:
http://tristan.homelinux.net/tesla/polepig.jpg
When wired in reverse of a 220V plug this puts out 20kV and I have run it at nearly 20,000W for short bursts (dims all the lights in the house lol).

[Malefic23]

I once had a spill from my cannister to a power strip. Zap!

Working in a kitchen, you have all sorts of electrical gear, including electric steam tables. Once evening, it shorted out and threw a fireball at waist level right down the line, to bounce off a cooler. My sous chef and I decided the unit needed replacement, but getting it unplugged put a tingle down my arm.

When I was 14, I dared one of my brother's older friends to urinate on an electric fence, if that counts for anything. Fun trip to the hospital after that!

[Sploke]

LOL, but I missed this earlier so thats fine.

Been shocked many a times (but luckily never electrocuted), and intentionaly with about half a million volts as a display with various tesla coils I have built like this:
http://tristan.homelinux.net/quantum2/newstuff/double3.JPG
I'm not really sitting there (double exposure) but you get the idea of its size. Many of my projects use very lethal transformers and capacitors, luckily I never have been shocked since working on HV (accidentaly anyways) since it only takes 1 time and your toast, litteraly. This will do the trick real fast:
http://tristan.homelinux.net/tesla/polepig.jpg
When wired in reverse of a 220V plug this puts out 20kV and I have run it at nearly 20,000W for short bursts (dims all the lights in the house lol).

You have the coolest toys ever. Makes me wish I stayed with EE instead of switching to business school.

[jpappy789]

When I was 14, I dared one of my brother's older friends to urinate on an electric fence, if that counts for anything. Fun trip to the hospital after that!
:hitting: That is too funny!

[FL22]

Electric fence....it was a blonde moment! dont ask!!!

[bullseye69]

ummmmmmm donut:)

[goldenchld]

So i'm not an idiot! Or maybe I am, I touched an electric cow fence to see what would happen. :hitting:

I was on the phone during a bad lightening storm and shocked my head.

I did burn myself kinda bad with my fish tank, arranging the decor and my arm was resting on the heater slowly burnt the crap out of it.

[loaches r cool]

You have the coolest toys ever. Makes me wish I stayed with EE instead of switching to business school.

Thanks Sploke... but I wish I'd done EE too lol. I went to school for EET, similar but different, and ended up getting a decent job, dropping out, and never finishing. I'd go back but practically impossible with my schedule now. Might limit my options in the future, but I'm happy with were I'm at. Would have been nice to be a real engineer though. But I still work on stuff as a hobby. Current project is working on a handheld magnetic pulse riffle. Just wish I had more free time.

[cooldude123]

assorted electric fencing,batterys,rooling around in a dryer w/ clothes(no it was't on) lots of static with the las t one verry unplesant.
you know, there are like five diffrent types of electric fencing....
Fence+me=zap

[ostrangeone89]

Not aquaria related.. I was about 13 years old. I was with my father on the family farm.. wasn't fun.. electric fences should be outlawed.. :lipssealedsmilie:
lol that must of been pretty strong because the electric fences we have don't really hurt they just feel.... annoying. Of course I always walked into them :troll: bad enough I already have an aphro.. lol The horses sure didn't like it either but thats the point.

[fishcatch22]

time to bring this thing back from the grave....

ive been shocked while unplugging my cars engine block heater while it was all wet from melting ice, and once while plugging in something... forgot what:wall:

[tennesseemom]

When I was 4 I put a pin in the wall outlet. I never did that again.

Every single time I touch something at the grocery store, a long, visable and noisy spark goes from me to the object. I f'ing hate it. Even if I touch my kids at the store I shock them. They hurt and sometimes they take my breath away.

[Sploke]

lol that must of been pretty strong because the electric fences we have don't really hurt they just feel.... annoying. Of course I always walked into them :troll: bad enough I already have an aphro.. lol The horses sure didn't like it either but thats the point.

Horse fences are not bad at all...they pulse so its just a momentary shock. cows are a lot dumber so the voltage is usually higher, and constant, so those fences hurt a lot more.

[loaches r cool]

When I was 4 I put a pin in the wall outlet. I never did that again.

Every single time I touch something at the grocery store, a long, visable and noisy spark goes from me to the object. I f'ing hate it. Even if I touch my kids at the store I shock them. They hurt and sometimes they take my breath away.

I had one car and one leather bomber jacket that the combination produced some pretty high voltage upon exiting :shocked: Was painful at times.

One thing I learned from my high voltage hobbies and getting zapped with over a hundred thousand volts... you feel it alot worse where the arc of electricity jumps to your skin through the air. If it conducts to your skin via something metal, you dont feel it nearly as bad. In the case of static electricity you dont feel it hardly at all. So what I would do when I got out of the car was before I touched the door to close, I'd hold my car key in my fingers and point it at the door (I did it at the door lock since it was bare exposed metal). Once you got within a quarter inch or so, ZAP! You could really see the flash doing it this way (if it was dark out), yet feel nothing. It worked like a charm and was kinda neat to do. If you suffer from getting zapped from your car, try it.

[khombre]

I've been shocked too many times to remember. But here's what I can recall:

water heater
old tv antenna
powerhead
peeled electrical cord
lighting fixtures
electric roof.. i was wearing slippers but I felt bits of shock going through my foot as I was trying to run to the edge of the roof to jump lol :grinyes: