Starfox64x Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I dropped a lamp while cleaning up, and it shattered all over the place... i picked up the piece and got to the lightbulb itself. it was still intact so i tried to get it out... like an idiot i forgot to unplug it... so i got zapped...anybody else get shocked like that before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Cakes Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 mm, static electricity experiment at school?nah, I was raised in a way so now I'm super afraid of outlets and open wires. I'm always super cautious when touching them.actually, I don't think I've ever really had a bad(ish) accident before... besides the time I fell on my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiee Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yeah I had a jolt about a few months ago. I was working on my Cousin's PC. It was kinda freezing all over even after reinstalling windows, so I decided to take it apart. It was a desktop tower PC. I took apart the screws and was gonna check the memory and stuff. The first thing I did was pull the power contacts from the motherboard and to my surprise I got a strong shock that it made me jump out and hit my cousin in the chest. Not only that but I kinda fried the motherboard as well. All because I forgot to unplug it from the wall socket. Duh...Ended up buying him a new motherboard >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Pony Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Once I was playing around with a broken CRT TV. After taking the casing off, and with the CRT bare I plugged it in to see if it worked. There was a bit of plastic near the tapered edge so I thought plastic non conductive try pushing it in for a firmer hold (I know not one of my bright moments), but long story short ended up on my flank with a singed and peeling finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Whisper Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I've been electrocuted before when I was a teenager. I was trying to plug in a lamp in the dark, and was feeling around for the light socket with the prongs on the plug. I guess I must have accidentally touched the prongs with my fingers. I got a jolt all the way up my arm to my shoulder, and my arm was all tingly afterwards. Now I'm very careful when plugging stuff in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonico Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Oh, about 4 years ago or so... I was in the kitchen making a sandwich. I was washing the lettuce while the toaster toasted my bread. You know, like toasters tend to do. Any who, the toaster was a bit overzealous and decided to burn my toast. Like a foal, I stopped washing my lettuce and went to stop what I assumed was going to be the second time I burned toast. I think it was my pride or something about it being the second time I would fail to make toast. But, point is I hadn't even bothered to dry my hooves.I still don't know what possessed me to do so, but instead of popping the plastic handle on the outside of the toaster (you know, like a smart pony) I reached for the cord with my left hoof while I placed my soaking wet right hoof ON TOP OF THE TOASTER... Dunno, maybe some part of me just thought "HAY, smoke... water... wet hoof... water trump smoke!" But yeah, a zap later I'm on the kitchen floor on my knees with the cord kung-fu gripped in my left hoof, toaster and burnt toast on the floor, breathing like a maniac while my heart thundered in my ears and my right arm refused to stop tingling and feeling numb. Kind of like when your arm falls asleep but not.I took a few minutes to take stock of the facts that one, I was not dead. Two, I was incredibly INCREDIBLY foalish beyond belief. And three, I suddenly didn't feel like eating a sandwich anymore.Needless to say, I'm much more careful about making my toast for sandwiches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankT Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 The worst I've had is having a static electric zing... being discharged of it was even worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromodoris Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I touched an electric fence once.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davroth Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 When I was a foal, I once put 2 wires into an AC power plug. Suffice to say, that was quite foalish of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brauner02 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I have, i was setting up a tv cable and all that jazz, the coaxl cable hit my right arm and i got a shock got a scar from it even. so...yeah, electric shocks can leave a scar on your arm apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acynder Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 I get shocked nearly every time i touch my refrigerator. Pretty damn annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFang Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 non static electricity? once, during a small electronics lesson a couple years ago, some twentysomething volts... nothing big.*waiting for dusty to raid the thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Krackle Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Check for superpowers.I came close to being electrocuted once. There was a sink plug in my house, oddly shaped. It was flat, metallic and with two convenient metal prongs. You guess what I did. There was a spark. The prongs were burned. I was okay though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfox64x Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Check for superpowers..Trust me, if i had super powers, you'd all know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escrime Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Back before I dropped doing an engineering degree in favour of physics (and eventually oceanography) I got a high voltage and multi-amp (yes, given application to the wrong area theoretically enought o kill) zap during a prac on three phase circuits. Accidently brushed my hand between two terminals... the shock caused many of the mussels in my arm to contract (painful) and set my arm a bit numb. Thankfully no serious damage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookies Need Love Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I've been electrocuted before when I was a teenager. I was trying to plug in a lamp in the dark, and was feeling around for the light socket with the prongs on the plug. I guess I must have accidentally touched the prongs with my fingers. I got a jolt all the way up my arm to my shoulder, and my arm was all tingly afterwards. Now I'm very careful when plugging stuff in.That exact same thing happened to me! Twice, actually. I don't learn from my mistakes too well.... Heh heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker_Izing Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) On electronics practice in college, a teacher came with a one million volt taser, while he pushed the switch he jabbered about the Voltage and Amperage and the thin relation between both and how electricity makes it's way around a body. (kick sum up, Low Amperage, side by side prongs, basically harmless) Basically, when the taser was passed around guess who fit the prongs in mouth and pushed the button?Quick edit:I just remembered this bit,"Electrocution" was originally coined as the way to execute a felon using electricity (Electricity + Execution) i think Edison coined it after baking an Elephant. So if where live 'n' kickin' after some volts, technically isn't Electrocution, it's an Oxymoron (self contradicting sentence)ed: Parker illustrated Encyclopaedia Edited November 13, 2011 by Parker_Izing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshoe Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I touched an electric fence once..Ditto.I also shocked myself on one of those electric flyswatter things. It had just been recently used, reached out to get my drink on the table, missing, hit the wires, and now I'm scared of the damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotez Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Once when I was 6 I thought it would be a bright idea to climb over the fence to a horse paddock. Oops, electricityyygdsyfzx<ZQWEsd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagination Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Electrocuted? No, can't say I have. Unless getting tased counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutterscotch Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 There's no way you were electrocuted. Shocked, maybe. But you would not be typing if you were electrocuted because you would be technically dead with a stopped heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheColtofPersonality Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Err sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironfungus Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I dropped a lamp while cleaning up, and it shattered all over the place... i picked up the piece and got to the lightbulb itself. it was still intact so i tried to get it out... like an idiot i forgot to unplug it... so i got zapped...anybody else get shocked like that before?I personally haven't, but I know someone who did. Not fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Total-Tortilla Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Note to self: Turn on the lights when plugging in a heater at night. You will get shocked and you will not be able to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notdeathsongx3 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I have gotten a shock from touching a metal object while it was charging in a false charger. ( iPod )It's...Shocking Ba Dum Tsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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