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The last time I saw an apartment with one leg out the cause was
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For me, this is why proper PPE is essential: you never know what's behind the cover until you open it.
 
dmanda24 said:
risk of being shocked - the same
electrocuted - same
burned or hurt by explosion - not the same

I have done work on communications equipment that work on -48 V DC at this voltage you can touch the bare coper with one hand and ground with the other and you won't feel a thing but just let one of the 750 mcm on a 2000 A rectifier bank touch the grounded rack and BOOM you won't feel a shock but you will have 3rd degree burns

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good night and be safe
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I wouldn't let it touch your tongue:cool:
 
celtic said:
You really need to change that sig. line :smile:
You ain't no dummy.:cool:
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I've been told that my whole life:grin:

Before my Father passed, we used to sit around and have some cold ones and watch part of Sanford & Son. When Fred used to call his son, the "Big Dummy", my Father would break out laughing hard. The sig keeps the good old memories alive.

Matter of a not so funny fact I had a different one today happen. Remember when Fred used to grab his chest and say,..."This is it Elizabeth, this is the big one, here I come.", and stagger about the room? I had some chest pains this afternoon and went about the whole scene like it was funny, after 2-3 minutes of pain, I quit the show. It wasn't very funny! A little scary that was:-?
 
OK let the record show that I am from Argentina (Born there) and English is my second language. :D I am an American now, became one proudly 8 yrs ago
 
electricalperson said:
a high tempature reading usually 50 and above degrees usually indicates a loose connection. 20 or so degrees usually indicates a heavy load. pretty basic but works for me
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I can only assume you are talking about celcius not fahrenheit.
 
dmanda24 said:
a short to ground creates just as spark since it takes only 20 amps for the breaker to open, a short to ground in the feeders takes 200 amps to open, haven't seen it but i'm sure it will be more than a spark.
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I can say from experience that a direct short to ground from one of the hot legs on the line side of a meter (200 Amp service) is a much bigger shower of sparks and welding action and audible boom than the same short from a 20 Amp circuit.
 
76nemo said:
ac grabs you, dc hits you square in the jaw and steps back for another swing:grin:
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from what I've read the reason it seems like it grabs you is because your muscles kind of freeze from the nerves being thrown out of kilter by the current so I would imagine DC current could do the same thing, but perhaps I'm wrong as it wouldn't be the first time.
 
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steelersman said:
I can say from experience that a direct short to ground from one of the hot legs on the line side of a meter (200 Amp service) is a much bigger shower of sparks and welding action and audible boom than the same short from a 20 Amp circuit.
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I can attest to that as well. Many years ago when I was wet behind the kleins . . . I was making up a sub panel. Had all of the grounds in my hand when a journeyman lineman flung a feeder wire over his head and hit the grounds in my hands. BOOM, Flash, and burning sensations were aplenty. I looked at him like he was an idiot and all he could say was, "I guess that isn't dead . . ."
 
whillis said:
The last time I saw an apartment with one leg out the cause was
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For me, this is why proper PPE is essential: you never know what's behind the cover until you open it.
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(What) is that? where do the conductors fed by the burned up feeder go?
 
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steelersman said:
I can say from experience that a direct short to ground from one of the hot legs on the line side of a meter (200 Amp service) is a much bigger shower of sparks and welding action and audible boom than the same short from a 20 Amp circuit.
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Doesn't the ASCC play a part in that as well?



Just wanted to remind you that it's not just the number on the breaker handle that decides how many sparks fly.
 
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wireguru said:
(What) is that? where do the conductors fed by the burned up feeder go?
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That, i am quite sure would be the neutral connection. Coming from the meter i would presume.
 
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