Wow that hurt

[Paul408Notch]

So I'm at work tonight testing a unit and it's giving me some problems. I shut everything down, open it up, and check things out. Nothing looks like it should be bad, but something's messing up. Odd.

I power it back up, and it's still messing up. Well most problems like this are due to test stand issues, so wiggling the cables obviously makes sense. Grab on, start moving them, arm shoots off of the cable in excruciating pain.

Apparently somebody at one time saw some wires that cracked, and instead of having the wires replaced, just wrapped them in electrical tape. Well the spot I was holding on to must have been pretty worn out, and I caught 270V DC through my hand and out my wrist which was resting on the grounding cart. That may have been one o fthe most painful things I've ever experienced. I'm lucky that didn't kill me. That supply will pump out 20A of current at 270V without breaking a sweat, so it probably could have done a lot more damage than it did.

[mustang8998]

Damn Paul, you're very lucky.

[Mista Bone]

DC across the arms and chest = VERY lucky!!!!!!

I caught two legs of 440v/3 phase in high school across my arms/chest, lucky I was on a ladder and fell away to break the circuit. The flash blinded me and gave a nice "sunburn".......

DC? Screw That!

[Pops Fun]

Take care... Don't do that again

[Mista Bone]

Paul, WTF kind of circuit were you dealing with that had 270 VDC?

[Black Horse]

Damn Paul, consider yourself lucky. I think I would go stick a roll or three of electrical tape up someone's ass for that.

[PonymanfiveO]

Vibrator testing is a dangerous job.


lol...glad your ok guy.

[dedpedal]

Vibrator testing is a dangerous job.


lol...glad your ok guy.

Matt would know all about that.


Im happy that it wasnt worse for you Paul.

[bestracing]

Ouch, glad your still around to post it up. That could have been much worse.

[BigBadStang]

damn! DC is some bad shit!
you should go purchase a lottery ticket since your luck is so good right now!
glad to hear you ok though!

[Paul408Notch]

I'm not looking forward to going into work tonight. It was an equipment malfunction that was the problem, but I know I'm going to have to deal with all kinds of Safety people hovering over me.

[DeckerEnt]

Better safety people at work than doctors at some hospital. Glad you are OK.
Keith

[dedpedal]

So what was the final outcome Paul?
I guy I worked with got knocked from a high powered wire when his ladder got too close. He was never quite right after that. i think thats why we got along so well.

[Paul408Notch]

So what was the final outcome Paul?
I guy I worked with got knocked from a high powered wire when his ladder got too close. He was never quite right after that. i think thats why we got along so well.

It's still being resolved actually. So far they've found that the wiring used in the harness wasn't designed for the extreme temps of our Environmental chambers (-40C to +55C) and it was definitely cracked with exposed conductors.

I feel fine, my right forearm was just really sore for about 3 days. I'm lucky though for sure. I could easily have kicked the bucket if things were even the slightest bit different. They've been really nice to me over the last several days too. It would be nice if I could weasel a raise out of it.

[cstreu1026]

Sounds to me like they are trying to cover thei asses so they don't get sued.