What happens when you get electrocuted?

10 years ago

Well, you're typing so you weren't "electrocuted", a term that means dead via electricity. If you're rushing you got a pretty good zap, though. Is anywhere smoking? (Yes that is a serious question) - If so remedy that immediately. Other than splashing smouldering spots, just sit there and hang loose for a few minutes and let yourself just rest - it's called "shock" for a reason. Let us know in an hour or two if you're feeling okay - and if not, go to an emergency room. Electric can do some strange things.

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fin

10 years ago

No, not smoking.

Just a big jolt.

As long as I'm not going to die I'll be fine.

My heart rate is beating at a normal rate, but it feels like it's pounding heavier if you know what I mean. Normally I would need to find it, but it's nearly jumping out of my skin when I put two fingers on my wrist (exaggeration).

My fingers are a bit numb where I touched it, but not worried about that.

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Daniel Evans 10 years ago

People who suffer from a surge of unnecessary electrcity tend to look like this:
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HeySal

10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

No, not smoking.

Just a big jolt.

As long as I'm not going to die I'll be fine.

My heart rate is beating at a normal rate, but it feels like it's pounding heavier if you know what I mean. Normally I would need to find it, but it's nearly jumping out of my skin when I put two fingers on my wrist (exaggeration).

My fingers are a bit numb where I touched it, but not worried about that.

I bet they are. LMAO. Bet you actually felt your hair raise for a second or two, too.

I feel bad for ya - like I did when my puppy peed on the electric fence way back when.

Just lay down and drink something like a glass of lemonade or organic milk, hemp milk, etc - not coffee or tea, something with some minerals and amino acids in it. You should be okay in awhile. Laydown and watch a movie or something. Sleep if you can. You'll get over it. The worst is over. LMAO. Go to bed.

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fin

10 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I bet they are. LMAO. Bet you actually felt your hair raise for a second or two, too.

I feel bad for ya - like I did when my puppy peed on the electric fence way back when.

Just lay down and drink something like a glass of lemonade or organic milk, hemp milk, etc - not coffee or tea, something with some minerals and amino acids in it. You should be okay in awhile. Laydown and watch a movie or something. Sleep if you can. You'll get over it. The worst is over. LMAO. Go to bed.

For some reason I just thought you were meant to die when you got an electric shock from a live source.

I've heard all these stories about people dying opening fridge doors and such.

Glad to know there is just a thing as a surge and you don't always end up with the electricity passing through your body and into your heart.

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HeySal

10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

For some reason I just thought you were meant to die when you got an electric shock from a live source.

I've heard all these stories about people dying opening fridge doors and such.

Glad to know there is just a thing as a surge and you don't always end up with the electricity passing through your body and into your heart.

Well sure it can kill you - under the right conditions or if it's a strong enough jolt - but that's usually not a residual action, it's pretty immediate.

If the shock is strong enough to send you to the emergency room, it can have life long repercussions. A shock that you can sit and type afterwards isn't one of those.

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positivenegative 10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

For some reason I just thought you were meant to die when you got an electric shock from a live source.

Try it again Jamie. Maybe it will work the second time.
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Claude Whitacre

10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

For some reason I just thought you were meant to die when you got an electric shock from a live source.

I've heard all these stories about people dying opening fridge doors and such.

Glad to know there is just a thing as a surge and you don't always end up with the electricity passing through your body and into your heart.

You die right there, or you don't. The electricity doesn't stay in your body. People have survived being struck by lightening. You'll be fine.........

Unless you find that everyone ignores you....then that means you're a ghost....or Dan Riffle.

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lanfear63

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

You die right there, or you don't. The electricity doesn't stay in your body. People have survived being struck by lightening. You'll be fine.........

Unless you find that everyone ignores you....then that means you're a ghost....or Dan Riffle.

No, Dan Riffles a Ghostee

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Claude Whitacre 10 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

No, Dan Riffles a Ghostee

I see what you did there. Very clever.
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fin 10 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I feel bad for ya - like I did when my puppy peed on the electric fence way back when.
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Somebody in Spain died last week peeing on a lamppost.

Your puppy must have got an even bigger shock because of where the electricity came in, but at least fences aren't lethal even though you still get a good fright.
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BigFrank Banned 10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

My heart rate is beating at a normal rate, but it feels like it's pounding heavier if you know what I mean.

There's a medical term for that. 'Having the living crap scared outta ya'.'

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Rick Rodd

10 years ago

Just to add to the discussion, DC is more dangerous than AC. (Tesla vs. Edison rivalry) Try getting electrocuted by electricity from a car battery... Though, I still remember what they did to Topsy the Elephant.

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seasoned

10 years ago

On planes, I don't see WHY they would need 110v power, unless it was a newer, fancier, plane that provided it to the passengers. Even THEN, they likely have local inverters. They WOULD have VERY VERY VERY high voltage to do things like start the engines. That could be tens, or possibly hundreds, of thousands of volts, but it quick, and doesn't have the power.

MOST people lose muscular control while the power is there(Ranges from a lock to a powerful jolt), feel a tingle that is NOT pleasant, and it can overwhelm any nerves or nerve impulses. It if cross your heart, it will overwhelm your pacemaker(Even people with no ARTIFICIAL pacemaker have pacemaker cells). THAT pacemaker problem is what "kills" most. It doesn't really KILL you, it just stops the heart. If it isn't restarted soon enough, the person or animal dies. So you didn't get to the point where your heart stopped.

USUALLY the power is too low, or removed, but if it is enough, and on enough, it can sear flesh, etc...

FIN, If you HAVE to ask here, it is likely you will NOT die. The two exceptions I can think of are you are old or in bad shape, and this overwhelmed your system, or you are in bad shock. Your heart likely sped up after the incident. Has it started going back down? The feeling in your hands should come back, and hopefully has already. If you haven't relaxed by now, I would suggest seeing a doctor.

Things like refrigerators SHOULD have any big metal casing pieces go to ground. If they do, and something like a surge happens, the current should go THERE. You should generally get NO voltage going through you when opening up a refrigerator door. Of course, surges can be huge and quick, and once in a while you could be unlucky. That is why the US, at least, has so many surge suppressors.

Does the refrigerator have a grounded plug? If not, it may be just badly designed, and have some problems. If it DOES, have an electrician check out the refrigerator and outlet. Sometimes the outlets are just wired wrong.

RICK,

I have NEVER seen ANYONE electrocuted by a car battery! NOBODY! YEAH, it IS high amperage, but only 12 volts. I mean WHO would hold onto both terminals of the battery like that?

Have people gotten electrocuted by working on 12 volt cars? OF COURSE!!!!!! ONE popular way is by touching the ignition coil on a car. There are two problems with that:

1. straight DC would do anything. That ignition coil is just a resister draining the battery, so it is PULSED, which makes the DC look like AC. And THAT is what westinghouses argument was regarding usability.
2. being put through a coil like that, you get "inductive kickback", which is MORE than 12 volts. A LOT more. It's the same deal as that jet. BOTH use gas, and some kind of spark gap is an easy way to ignite it.

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WalkingCarpet

Banned 10 years ago

Relax jolt of electricity not gonna kill ya. lol.
Lots of people survive direct hits by lightning.

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Rick Rodd 10 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

Relax jolt of electricity not gonna kill ya. lol.
Lots of people survive direct hits by lightning.

I know, right?
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fin

10 years ago

Seasoned, I'm still here so all is good. I didn't lose any feelings in my hand, it just tingled.

Now I know electricity isn't as bad as it seems, but I'm going to use cold showers from now on.

The plane was a fighter jet and I was using a voltage tester on something trying to find a fault. The AC wasn't switched on, but they can start the engines without it though it's not how you're meant to do it.

I've known people to get shocked by a aircraft battery. Can't remember what happened, but possibly something like holding metal in their hand that touched the pos and neg. Sure they didn't die.

No doubt I just got hit by a spark and pulled away. If I tried to hold onto it for as long as possible for sh1ts and giggles I probably wouldn't be posting now.

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seasoned

10 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

Seasoned, I'm still here so all is good. I didn't lose any feelings in my hand, it just tingled.

Now I know electricity isn't as bad as it seems, but I'm going to use cold showers from now on.

The plane was a fighter jet and I was using a voltage tester on something trying to find a fault. The AC wasn't switched on, but they can start the engines without it though it's not how you're meant to do it.

I've known people to get shocked by a aircraft battery. Can't remember what happened, but possibly something like holding metal in their hand that touched the pos and neg. Sure they didn't die.

No doubt I just got hit by a spark and pulled away. If I tried to hold onto it for as long as possible for sh1ts and giggles I probably wouldn't be posting now.

GOOD! By now, even if you WERE in a high risk group, you're safe! It CAN be nasty, but MOST come out fine. I went to school with a guy once that actually played on top of some electric trains. He ended up a PARAPLEGIC! His legs got caught in high voltage wire, and that was IT! The school heard about it, but he never attended again. So you just have to give electricity reasonable respect, and care.

Yeah, a spark itself would probably just feel hot, etc... But generally almost anything is more conductive than air. Humans and animals are more conductive than air. So if a spark has a choice between jumping between two points in the air, or a nearer human or animal, it will pick the human or animal. THAT is why, when a human touches a metal object in dry air, they may feel the static discharge. Even with one generated from a carpet, it builds up because the resistance is TOO HIGH for it to discharge.

BTW MOST water heaters, at least in the US, are GAS. HECK, MY water heater is special. It's got a thermocouple generator to flash an indicator that the pilot flame is lit, and a piezoelectric generator to create a spark to light it when needed. But those are LOW VOLTAGE, except for the kickback from the piezo, of course. The piezo is only engaged by pressing the ignite button though.

BTW even testing a DEAD circuit on a plane/car could give you a shock. You COULD simply test the resistance of an inductor with the resistance selector set HIGH. There may be enough kickback, from the minor charge the tester uses, to give you a nice jolt.

I was at a school once, where we lived for a time, and some friends got some neon bulbs. They were rated for 99volts! They hooked them to a 6v lantern battery, and thought they were bad. I told them they were 99v, and a 6v wouldn't do it. I hooked the leads to an inductor, connected it to the battery, and of course NOTHING happened! I removed it from the battery, and the bulb flashed because of the inductive kickback! It shows you what a little inductor could do.

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trustedmarketer

10 years ago

That is absolutely Shocking!

But seriously that must hurt. Always wear rubber gloves and boots.

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lanfear63 10 years ago

Originally Posted by trustedmarketer

That is absolutely Shocking!

But seriously that must hurt. Always wear rubber gloves and boots.

Can I take them off when I have a shower?
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