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Do you know how many times I've tested the cattle electrified fence just to see what would happen?
Two times?
That isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
I just thought of the time machine ordered in Napoleon Dynamite and got a laugh.
Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt. And poke with a dry finger, don't dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you'll be fine ; basic mains elec safety precautions.
I wonder if most sparkies are men - I'm not sure i've ever met a woman electrician.
I've met a few, and they were/are damned good electricians. Quality was A1, as a former electrician.
I don’t know how to phrase this politely, but it comes from a place of love: were they just as nuts as male electricians?
The ones I met at my current job are both laid back, the journey(wo)man is a kind older church-going lady who likes pink work gloves while working on 3ph 480 lines, the apprentice is my age and speaks softly but has a lot of excellent tattoos and probably dirt bikes.
So iunno. Other than being good and reliable electricians, they may be crazy in different ways, but I like em both.
Back pocket trick?
It's to prevent the person from completing a circuit across their chest if accidentally touching a ground or the like with their other arm. Hearts don't like that.
Just a way to reduce risk when working with electricity.
The 35% of men who didn't do it had previous experiences with electric shocks from fences or electronics
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Absolutely no way I'd shock myself in boredom willingly. I have way too much respect for myself... says the man who has on multiple occasions twisted a pencil multiple times in my hair to the point it starts to get the smallest pain reaction when I've been bored at home in the middle of the night.
Just get someone else to pull your hair, it's a lot more fun