Waldo Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Please look at, I'm dying? Did she say that, believing she was dying, and her dying wish was to see and be seen by another human being? Just makes you think, how extra vigilant and aware you need to be around electricity... ---------- Post added 01-04-2015 at 12:30 ---------- Assuming the property as an RCD and many don't. How can you tell if it has? Also, what is an RCD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydo1 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 No as I had the misfortune of taking a shock through one arm across the chest to the other arm . But I was young at the time it floored me and made my heart skip a few beats also felt like my arms had been pulled out of their sockets . But it was a fraction of a second if I had a more prolonged shock I might not of fared so well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 That seems to be a big factor, how long you make contact for. I imagine, the instant you feel a shock, your reaction will be to let go; and the only problem being if your muscles involuntarily clamp on to the wire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleadly Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Residual Circuit Device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 My heart is pretty good (in a physical well-being sense). I normally have rubber soled trainers on, and I was not touching earth (like a radiator or anything that electricity could flow through me, and in to) when I accidentally touched a live wire (that may or may not have been live) just before I posted this thread. in that case the answer to your question is clearly, not always, unless of course you are confirming the existence of the after life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That seems to be a big factor, how long you make contact for. I imagine, the instant you feel a shock, your reaction will be to let go; and the only problem being if your muscles involuntarily clamp on to the wire... You don't get a voluntary reaction at all, you either clench or spasm. It's happened before you understand it, and if it's a clench you physically can't let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 If you accidentally touched the 2 electric (mains) wires, that connect to a light fitting; just for a split second, yes, you'd presumably get a shock, but would it be bad enough to kill and healthy adult? I actually did this twice as a very young child. I am still here, although my brain is slightly fried. The first time I put my finger in a lamp without a bulb, and the second time someone had cut of a plug, and there was a bit of wiring coming from it, which they then plugged into the mains socket - this was responsible parenting 1950s style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 You don't get a voluntary reaction at all, you either clench or spasm. It's happened before you understand it, and if it's a clench you physically can't let go. How I understood it, was... You touch the wire and the shock begins... At some point after that, your brain decides this is not good, and it sends an electrical impulse to your muscles, telling them to let go of the wire. I imagine that would be a natural instinctual reaction. That reaction (brain sending signal to muscles) will happen (perhaps*), but the problem is, before your brain can do that, your muscles are already being controlled (clenching or spasming) by the electricity coming through the wire, which will completely over power any electrical impulse from brain to muscle. *unless the mains electricity also affects your brains ability to think or react to the shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'm amazed how how much of a kick a simple camera flash system can give off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 2010 survey 2.5 million shocked 350 000 needed hospital treatment 2010 Data Deaths at work 6 Deaths at home/leisure 22 Deaths in fires caused by electricity 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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