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[Webby the Bear]

As above the wife asks me to look at the wiring in the overhead cooker extraction fan thingy.....

so i switch off the power going to it, take it apart and touch the circuit board 

i'd been careless and switched the wrong switch.... the one i wanted was very high up the wall.

won't be making an ASS out of U and ME again 

[Vamps]

Oops......At least you are OK, I was about 13 when I had my first experience......

[symes]

Now you got excuse to go to pub!! Seriuosly glad you alright mate

[Webby the Bear]

Oops......At least you are OK, I was about 13 when I had my first experience......

lol yeah i'm fine thanks mate... bit of a dull ache in the arm. wonder how many volts it would have been? 

the only thing i can compare it to is those joke pens you get.... only about a thousand times worse 

[Webby the Bear]

Now you got excuse to go to pub!! Seriuosly glad you alright mate

cheers mate. as said wont be taking owt for granted again 

[hercules]

its not the volts to worry about 
lesson learned eh   

[Webby the Bear]

its not the volts to worry about 
lesson learned eh   

oh...what is it then? 

lol yes defo lesson learned... typical me though... i always learn the hard way 

[Vamps]

its not the volts to worry about 
lesson learned eh   

oh...what is it then? 

lol yes defo lesson learned... typical me though... i always learn the hard way 

Amp's..........

[hercules]

as above,yes its (V)amps 

[the alarming man]

yes the first is always the worse trust me and it is'nt always the shock that gets sometimes...its what you do with your hand afterwards...i.e what you hit when you pull your hand away at 1000 mph 


just remeber VOLTS jolt but AMPS kill

[Rods2]

It also depends on the earthing path as 100 to 200mA via the heart can be fatal by stopping it. So take care.

Always make sure something is isolated before you work on it, a good way is to turn it on and then isolate the circuit at the distribution board, except if it is a light, switch two on, on the same circuit, that way if a bulb blows while you are isolating it and you choose the wrong circuit you are not caught out.

My first shock was when I was about 6. When I was walking past a filling station, where a light had been vandalized, and kids being kids, I just had to touch the bare terminals in the lighting socket.  I had a few more since then,  but it is never a pleasant experience. 

[TheBoy]

Sadly, I've been there far too many times. The dead arm goes after a day or so

[redelitev6]

Oops......At least you are OK, I was about 13 when I had my first experience......

  And how old were you when you had your first electric shock? 

[Elite Pete]

Sadly, I've been there far too many times. The dead arm goes after a day or so

Don't waste it, go and get the tissues

[Vamps]

Oops......At least you are OK, I was about 13 when I had my first experience......

  And how old were you when you had your first electric shock? 

There had to be someone......