The Pain of Electricity (AC versus DC)

Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/07/2013 08:17 AM | 25 comment(s) ]

Have you always wondered if you electrocuted yourself, which type of electricity would hurt more: AC (Alternating Current) or DC (Direct Current)? Wait no more!

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#4546629 Posted on: 03/07/2013 08:19 AM

It's guys like this that make the world go round.

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#4546645 Posted on: 03/07/2013 08:37 AM

That was amusing. Guy needs to wax his brows though.

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#4546703 Posted on: 03/07/2013 10:04 AM

That was amusing. Guy needs to wax his brows though.

Blasphemy. His Iranian :grin:

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#4546746 Posted on: 03/07/2013 11:20 AM

Hilarious ;D

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#4546783 Posted on: 03/07/2013 12:29 PM

I've had my fair share of shocks over the years, 110v wall power being the most common, i rarely found them incredibly painful. I did have the unfortunate opportunity to have the capacitors from a SoundStream Reference 1000 subwoofer amplifier discharge themselves into my finger... which actually burnt the hell out of my finger tips and threw me backwards.

The most painful shock i've received had to be a few years back when a friend of mine thought he was going to have a laugh by shocking me with his girlfriends tazer (the non-shooting type) that was very low on power. Well... it turned out she had changed the batteries earlier in the day, which resulted in me getting shocked to living hell, as well as my broken nose for my "former" friend. LoL!

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#4546785 Posted on: 03/07/2013 12:33 PM

Just don't be tempted to see how it feels to connect the power supply to your testicles, however!

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#4547050 Posted on: 03/07/2013 04:57 PM

That cheered my day up.....

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#4547071 Posted on: 03/07/2013 05:13 PM

i saw some people get zapped by a 220V live wire, but thankfully it was on a differential circuit breaker, the shock did not reached thier heart, but it made their pain sensors on the finger respond, anyway, 220V is no joke! it KILLS

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#4547335 Posted on: 03/07/2013 09:29 PM

Man and i thuoght the guy was going to bite off his tongue

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#4547362 Posted on: 03/07/2013 09:41 PM

From my experience, I'd say DC is more painful. I've been shocked a few times by 120Vac, it tingles and you can feel up all the way up your arm but it doesn't really hurt. DC just bites.

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