KwisatzHaderach ago

Looks like he was racking in the breaker when something bad happened. At work, we use a remote controlled motor to rack in and out. I get to go home with my skin intact.

heygeorge ago

Yeah, there was another issue we learned about in training, but now I forget. Anyway, one must keep their wits about them at all times. Keep your task foremost in your mind.

Nadeshda ago

Wow, is that what happened to him? Oh man, RIP at least he went out in a bang! There must be a song about this...

heygeorge ago

Hmmmm Hot Blooded by Foreigner? Nah... there has to be something better

Nadeshda ago

Come on baby light my fire... lol @expertshitposter would put that on the boomer vs doomer list for sure! Hah! Mick in flames and we will be verboten to sing anything... yawn me so tired tonight...

heygeorge ago

AC/DC High Voltage? Although I’m not sure if that was just an album title. @cynicaloldfart

i_scream_trucks ago

Electric Six - High Voltage i think would be more his level.

cynicaloldfart ago

It is both the album title, the first album they released outside Aussie land, and the last track on that album, and it was also on the TNT album.

i_scream_trucks ago

i like how every time ACDC releases a new album the UK economy tanks.

check it.

Nadeshda ago

Woot, okay you may have to sing that one ;)

sirRantsalot ago

looks like its from safteng.com

heygeorge ago

Wut

sirRantsalot ago

a safety nazi's visual aid website. you know the old "wear your safety glasses, or i'll show you a picture of the old screw in the eyeball"

heygeorge ago

Oh, neat. I don’t know that one. This video is shown in every single electrical safety class. It scares the shit out of folks. I had an employee who was never the same after I had him watch some of these videos.

sirRantsalot ago

theyre bad. very effective. I was actually a safety Nazi in training when I was a lad. big company in phoenix made sidewalk pavers. I told them I spoke Spanish. it was rough especially when I had to sit there and bullshit translate for these two Mexican boys who had dirty UA's. I was able to communicate that they were fired for drugs. I said "yo no habla esta lingua mucho. tu sabe que no mos trabajo aqui, si? drogas! still, it was awkward as hell.

heygeorge ago

Sounds like a useful experience. I have never been one for safety ‘rules’ outside of the obvious. Be aware of your surroundings, wear safety footwear always, hardhat, safety glasses when required (by situation), mask if it’s nasty... things of that nature. I never really grasped why I was supposed to tether myself to a manlift. That always seemed (and still seems) more dangerous than it’s worth.

sirRantsalot ago

its insane! the old measure was any work above 6 feet required a harness. recently I hear they made it three. so when I repair the damned things and move them in and out of the shop I must be harnessed. shit like that is why I moved to montana

heygeorge ago

recently I hear they made it three

Noooooo lol that’s insane. I can understand certain measures, and I tie off my ladder if there is need. I don’t even mind a harness so long as I am not attaching myself to the thing which will fall. That’s when I lack understanding.

sirRantsalot ago

it occurs to me you might know the answer to this one. i'd think this would be electrician 101. how do electrons move in a/c? I know they flow like water in d/c.i always thought they moved in a two steps forward, one step back type of way. because of how its generated. on the 60mhz frequency. I know how that works because our hertz adjustment on our generators on the boat was a fine throttle adjustment.

heygeorge ago

Electrons in AC sort of jiggle back and forth, passing the charge but not moving very much. Think of it where if you could pinpoint a single electron in a circuit, and you checked on it later in the day, it may only be two inches or so away. There is very little lateral movement unless there is a VERY BIG discharge of current, such as in OP.

sirRantsalot ago

fascinating! so a generator is pretty much an electron pump creating pressure!

heygeorge ago

Yes, and it’s at 60Hz in the US, not MHz. 60 cycles per second, just to clarify.

One of my favorite things to envision is how the electric field is generated around wires, not really in the wires.

So under high tension lines, one can excite fluorescent light bulbs to glow:

http://dws7rijiifl9u.cloudfront.net/image/76.jpg

@nadeshda just because

Nadeshda ago

Wow, that’s kinda creepy, do cattle roam on some of these fields and do we then eat them? What does it do to their synaptic heart valves?

Are you telling me that meat could be a lot more tender if we didn’t have cattle roaming under high tension lines?

@heygeorge just because :p

heygeorge ago

Maybe the electric field tenderizes the meat! Didja consider that? People pay good money for e-stim therapy!

Nadeshda ago

Lol... okay so now yer saying my cooking is bad, sheesh and I thought we were friends...

I told you I cannot do this high elec microwave stuff George, it has to be charcoal, with some sweet mesquite to cook my meat. You know this... pfft

Fuethermore; You know e-stim can boost circulation apparently, I also heard if you just rotate your ankles if say sitting or standing for a prolonged period you can improve circulation too...

Also, in case you were wundering, I ain't paying you to shock me, mkayy...

Hey btw, so do you see me more as a bridge or a handler?

https://voat.co/v/whatever/3413724/20472000

PS: I am so proud of you for all the work you have done to your place, cannot wait to see it!

heygeorge ago

I’m shocking just for free!

sirRantsalot ago

isn't that amazing. that shit cant be safe for kids. I find the link between electricity fascinating. how a generator can take 40 volts, activate a couple windings of wire and a shaft, and give us the 21st century. think of that. everything we take for granted, powered by spinning shafts, their output perfectly synched.

heygeorge ago

Ha! Well I wouldn’t want to live near high tension lines if I could avoid it. Cancer rates are demonstrably higher. Thankfully the inverse square law* means the intensity of the field drops off reasonably quickly.

As for the spinning shafts, I’m not entirely sure how they get all of the various means of power generation to sync up. It’s quite a marvel. And it’s very human-like that we’ve harnessed this magnetic power (which we don’t even understand) in ways like making us toast and doing our electronic bidding on touchable screens.

Bringing it full circle, you figured my knowledge of AC electron movement is ‘electric 101’ but I would wager that 90% or better of working electricians have absolutely no clue about electron motion. It’s just not relevant to the day-to-day.

*@native is this more globist propaganda?

sirRantsalot ago

bureaucrats....theyre the worst.

heygeorge ago

Lol don’t I know it!