My sister's ex was an electrician, and his preferred method of determining
if a wire was live was to give it a quick poke with his finger!

then again he was the same guy who would walk up to a redback spider (one of
the most, if not THE most venemous spider in the world) and squish it with
his finger... He'd apparently been bitten so many times he was immune to it.

If he saw a snake, he'd run for miles though!


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Robert Ussery
> > Sent: 2004 Mar 04, Thu 10:21
> > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks...
> >
> > Hi all.
> > I just thought I'd relate a pitiful yet funny incident that I just
> > experienced.
> > Yesterday, I was debugging a circuit hooked up to my computer and
> powered
> > from a 7AH 12V battery. I was happily plugging along, when I reached
> > across
> > the desk for my drink. Suddenly, I got a shooting pain in my wrist
> > followed
> > by some pretty severe heat. I dropped my drink and hopped around yelping
> > for
> > a couple of minutes before I finally realized what happened.
> >
> > What happened? In reaching for my drink, I accidentally bridged the
> > contacts
> > of the battery with my metal watchband... I now have a watchband with
> > welded
> > links, a couple of small burns on my wrist, and a very paranoid attitude
> > about batteries.
> >
> > How many of you have experienced this same phenomena? Please say you've
> > done
> > the same thing so I'll stop feeling like such a moron...
> >
> > BTW, the watch still works! Timex - keeps a lickin' and keeps on
> tickin'!
> > I
> > was able to snap the links apart and wear it again after it cooled down.
> > No
> > real damage, except for a few stylish burn marks. Needless to say, as
> soon
> > as I start using my 12V battery, the watch comes off. :O))
> >
> > Stay safe out there, you guys (& gal or two)!
> >
> > - Robert
> >
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