[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Jacob Mansfield]

It is important to go to the toilet before grounding anything. and the
'large glass globe' you recall, that would be a Van de Graaff
generator<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de_Graaff_generator>
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 27 October 2010 18:56, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 10:11 +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:06:36AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> >
> > > During an electric shock, your muscles contract. First use a test
> > > device like a live detection device like those screw drivers with
> > > lights on them. You should never really have to test for live by
> > > touching it. The advice about test touching with the back of you hand
> > > it correct safety advice. If it was live, your fingers would form a
> > > fist and so, if you used a finger or the palm of your hand, you would
> > > grip the item that is causing the shock that is not a good thing to
> > > do.
> >
> > I have also been told, use your right hand ... your heart is on your left
> > side and so should not receive so much of a jolt. I don't know how
> > good this advice is.
>
> Having been resuscitated using lots of electricity, I can assure you
> that the right hand side of the body passes current to the heart just as
> well as the left!  I've still got the marks to show for it.
>
> I died in the street in Cambridgeshire about two years ago (complete
> heart failure) and was restarted by a couple of ambulance men who
> wouldn't give up.  I was a guest of Papworth Hospital for 3 months,
> where I had my heart rebuilt (artificial valves, aorta and an ICD -
> Implantable Cardiovertor Defibrillator), and now have to enjoy a rather
> quieter life!
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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