The 2009 Darwin awards

SteamWake · 01-05-10, 10:10 AM

Have just been released.

Read and be amazed and amused

http://www.darwinawards.com/

August · 01-05-10, 12:24 PM

That is some funny stuff!

Jimbuna · 01-05-10, 12:26 PM

They just keep getting better

SteamWake · 01-05-10, 12:35 PM

I dont believe the "Saw it comming" one.

If a human insomuch as even touches a 4.8kv line while grounded they would be either exploded or burnt to a crisp.

Jimbuna · 01-05-10, 03:22 PM

Look before you leak!

antikristuseke · 01-06-10, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

I dont believe the "Saw it comming" one.

If a human insomuch as even touches a 4.8kv line while grounded they would be either exploded or burnt to a crisp.

One of my neighbours disagrees with you, though he did loose the full use of one arm in the process and that was with a 10kv line.

d@rk51d3 · 01-06-10, 07:15 AM

Try a generic electric fence. 10kv Bull-Stopper. Yes, it hurts (blew me half way down a hill when I used the wrong pliers - they had a hole in the insulating grips

) But not lethal.

Amps on the other hand......................

Skybird · 01-06-10, 08:20 AM

The Darwin Awards are good, but a Dalwhinnie Malt is better!

antikristuseke · 01-06-10, 08:50 AM

True that, its the amperage that kills you

Letum · 01-06-10, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

True that, its the amperage that kills you

Even then it is not so simple.

1.5 Amps at 1,000v is more likely to kill you than 5 Amps at 1,000V.

SteamWake · 01-06-10, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Try a generic electric fence. 10kv Bull-Stopper. Yes, it hurts (blew me half way down a hill when I used the wrong pliers - they had a hole in the insulating grips

) But not lethal.

Amps on the other hand......................

Yup huge difference of 10,000v at milliamperes vs a transmission line (typically 4,160v btw) with thousands of amps available.

I do 'available fault current' calculations all the time and even on the secondary of a transformer where the voltage may be 480v. the available instantanious potental is astounding. Your average home panel is braced for a minimum of 10,000rms fault.

As to the voltage I just parroted what was in the article. I found it to be an odd voltage but hey thats what they reported.

Capt.Warner · 01-06-10, 07:18 PM

lol darwin awards have always been amusing

Platapus · 01-06-10, 07:26 PM

Once I made a 9 inch screw driver into a 4 inch screw driver in about a hundredths of a second.

I made the fundamental mistake that you should never make around electricity.

I asked someone to power down a circuit.

Lucky to be alive. Lesson learned. Education occured.

Subnuts · 01-06-10, 07:48 PM

I'd say these guys are front-runners for the 2010 Awards:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...led/index.html

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I dont believe the "Saw it comming" one. If a human insomuch as even touches a 4.8kv line while grounded they would be either exploded or burnt to a crisp. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I'd say these guys are front-runners for the 2010 Awards: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...led/index.html __________________ My Amazon.com reviews