Megger'd my work buddy the other night...

[kwikfix328]

Accidentally of course. We were doing a bit of fault isolation. He was doing the probing with some test wires , I was pressing the button ( old Megger BM10 analogue unit) .

Me: Are you clear ?

Him: Yes

Me: Zap !

Him: Ahhhh.... Bloody hell, That hurt, you zapped me ! Ouch, ouch...

Me: You alright ?

Him: I think so , my hand is fizzing

Me: Snigger,


I did ask him and he did say yes. Luckily we were only at 100v ( possibly 250v)

 

[electronicsuk]

I did ask him and he did say yes. Luckily we were only at 100v ( possibly 250v)

Done it plenty of times before. It hurts, but even on 1000v the design of the tester (unless it's one of those knock-off Nigel units that doesn't conform to any particular standards) should make it near impossible to receive a fatal shock. I think my Fluke insulation tester states a test current of a couple of mA in the manual, although if you had some serious heart trouble then perhaps it could be enough to cause problems...

On another note, I do know someone who put the probes across their ears and hit the test button, but that's an entirely different story and is best confined to the bin.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[tim west]

It used to be a standard apprentice initiation test to zap them with a megger not a taser at least it was better than swarfega round the goolies

 

[aptsys]

What reading did you get?

 

[tim west]

What reading did you get?

it varies from person to person, what reading do you give?

 

[conny]

A little brass handle on a draw with a saw cut through it and a 150 uf capacitor across the studs inside the draw showed us who a sneak thief was!