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I am so used to type-G plugs that I didn't initially realize why you'd be concerned about blowing a fuse. When I was about that age I also shocked myself prett

I am so used to type-G plugs that I didn't initially realize why you'd be concerned about blowing a fuse. When I was about that age I also shocked myself pretty bad a couple of times, once from replacing the fuse in a plug and pressing the plug into a socket using my palm without putting the rear cover back on. Another time touching two spoons I'd put into the live/neutral holes after using one of them in the earth hole to bypass the safety gates. (I assume I inserted the live one last) I remember finding it interesting how neither seemed to shock me individually, then touched both and leapt back across the room. Surprised I didn't die from that second one. I still viscerally remember what 50hz sounds/feels like.

beAbU 2y ago
220/240V shocks hurt like all hell, and it kind of "reverberates" in your affected limb long after. The auditory experience is also quite strange. You can hear the 50hz, but it's more like an "understanding" of the sound than actually hearing it. Very weird. If you grabbed the two spoons with both hands, you probably would have had a worse outcome. One hand touching both terminals hurts, but will likely not kill. When that current comes close to your heart you'll have trouble. The fact that neither of them didn't shock you individually is likely because you were insulated from the ground. You had shoes or clothing on or something. If you had skin touching the ground, bad news again. I had a fridge that had broken down motor insulation or something, and it kept tripping the earth leakage. I had no money to replace it, so I cut the earth wire in the plug. Problem solved. Just made a note to not open the fridge while barefoot. Eventually I got round to getting rid of it thankfully. The common advice when working on something dodgy is to put one hand in your pocket. That way a shock will give you ample warning to back off before killing you. Unless it's DC - that stuff scares me. My old solar installation had a 550VOC DC potential, and I stayed the fuck away from that. I have 0 problems working on domestic AC, but not solar DC!
donatj 2y ago
220 scares me for exactly that reason. I've been shocked by US 110 pretty good a couple of times but the pain has never really lingered beyond a couple seconds after the initial shock. I certainly didn't hear anything. While the plugs in the US not being shock-proof is certainly not great, I think it's a lot less of a danger than it would be in a 220 country.

beAbU 2y ago

220/240V shocks hurt like all hell, and it kind of "reverberates" in your affected limb long after. The auditory experience is also quite strange. You can hear the 50hz, but it's more like an "understanding" of the sound than actually hearing it. Very weird. If you grabbed the two spoons with both hands, you probably would have had a worse outcome. One hand touching both terminals hurts, but will likely not kill. When that current comes close to your heart you'll have trouble. The fact that neither of them didn't shock you individually is likely because you were insulated from the ground. You had shoes or clothing on or something. If you had skin touching the ground, bad news again. I had a fridge that had broken down motor insulation or something, and it kept tripping the earth leakage. I had no money to replace it, so I cut the earth wire in the plug. Problem solved. Just made a note to not open the fridge while barefoot. Eventually I got round to getting rid of it thankfully. The common advice when working on something dodgy is to put one hand in your pocket. That way a shock will give you ample warning to back off before killing you. Unless it's DC - that stuff scares me. My old solar installation had a 550VOC DC potential, and I stayed the fuck away from that. I have 0 problems working on domestic AC, but not solar DC!

donatj 2y ago

220 scares me for exactly that reason. I've been shocked by US 110 pretty good a couple of times but the pain has never really lingered beyond a couple seconds after the initial shock. I certainly didn't hear anything. While the plugs in the US not being shock-proof is certainly not great, I think it's a lot less of a danger than it would be in a 220 country.