Re: electrical deaths

Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> writes:

At $WORK, the more common thing was to shed all jewelry as a wedding band
across a 100A supply will turn neatly cauterize the severed finger!
Of course, spouses tend to have raised eyebrows when you return home
without your wedding band in its rightful place (or, worse:  with a
flesh-colored bandage wrapped around it!)

A mere 100A? A telco Central Office battery plant will supply
thousands through a short. See the screwdriver turn orange,

All tools were taped up in case they were dropped across
the terminals.  I recall when TI first made plastic LED
watches. Power craft guys LOVED them because with plastic bands,
they were safe to wear.
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