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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Keywords: electrocution, hazards, danger, strange smells
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.001307.27815@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 05:13:06 GMT
- References: <1992Jul18.175339.10396@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Jul20.173545.28305@htsa.aha.nl> <12365@inews.intel.com>
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Lines: 27
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- In article <12365@inews.intel.com> crichmon@sedona.intel.com writes:
- >
- >I have had multiple 110V shocks, but just recently, out 3 year old
- >got a pair of tweezers and proceeded to insert them into an outlet
- >in the kitchen ( one half in hot, the other in the return). I am not
- >really sure if she got shocked (skin impeadance >> solid metal), but
- >she did get a decent heat burn.
-
- When I was a little kid in day care, I remember that there was this switch
- plate on the wall that had a hole in it. I always wondered just _what_
- that hole was for... It was just big enough for me to put my finger into,
- so that my finger made good contact with the side of the hole. I did this
- on several occasions, each time sticking my finger in deeper... and deeper...
- and deeper... and BZZZZZZTTT! I got the first 120V shock of my life! No
- burns or anything, but I knew damn well I was never going to put my fingers
- into unmarked holes again!
-
- Thinking about it much later, I realized that the thing must have been a
- light bulb base for a night light or something. The day care should have
- had the hole taped shut or something, but they probably didn't know what
- it was either.
-
- Oh well...
-
- ---Joel Kolstad
- Who hasn't yet been shocked by
- anything more than 1 KV
-