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Nice that she used the opportunity to warn again. It's surprising that 2 experienced electricians died from it though.
by Pakdef 4y ago
Nice that she used the opportunity to warn again.
It's surprising that 2 experienced electricians died from it though.
- origamiPyro 4y agoExperienced electricians aren't usually dealing with voltages that high.
- arghwhat 4y agoWell, a residential electrician wouldn't work with kilovolts, no.
- arghwhat 4y agoAs someone who was once an electrician, I find it very unsurprising. When someone just shrugs off the occasional 230 and 400 V zap, they're unlikely to wear more than a safety squint and tie when playing with kilovolts...
- CoastalCoder 4y agoSounds like the normalization of deviance. Kinda like how familiarity with using a table saw eventually costs people their fingers.
- sudden_dystopia 4y agoTable saws seem like a bell curve. Low familiarity leads to lost fingers(or being impaled by a kicked back board), mild familiarity saved fingers and know how to avoid kickback, too familiar back to lost fingers but you likely won’t impale yourself.
- Asooka 4y agoThat's more of a U-curve. Tall in the ends, short in the middle.
- sudden_dystopia 4y agoYea, my grandfather was an electrician and I have see him create some truly dangerous electrical arrangements around his own house. He almost killed my dad by having him work on a live wire without telling him it was live because that is what a “pro” would do.
- arghwhat 4y agoIn your grandfather's defence, it is what pros do, as the pros rarely follow safety practices. It's so ingrained that I have to fight back to not start explaining why getting zapped by mains is perfectly safe in the vast majority of cases. That is a piece of information that - while technically correct - completely misses the point that working with any risk whatsoever is pretty stupid when you can remove all risk by just disconnecting the circuit.