Re: nst shock

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <CHURCHMON-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi , 
Although I don't like to speak about these mishaps mainly because the only 
expeience that  I  had was a very bad one! 
The thing I noticed about most of the posts reguarding nst shocks is that some 
were not grounded well. 
In my situation I was ten years old and my father gave me a 12/60 for a 
jacobs ladder 
(only to be operated when he was around). 
"Where's the fun in that" I thought  to myself, so one night while a 
babysitter was watching me (play) with the set-up, the gap stopped arcing. 
It being summer and me not having any shoes on and having no idea of what 
being 
grounded really meant, I forgot to unplug the tranny to make adjustments! 
As soon as my left index finger came in contact with the circuit I saw the 
orange 
flame and convulsed violently for what seemed like an eternity then left the 
floor 
problably due to muscle reflex. When I was finally able to gather my 
faculties the real 
shock set in! A running, screaming and crying rant began along with a nasty 
third 
degree burn on my finger. This was ABSOLUTLY the worst electical shock I have 
endured ever , I'm 38 yrs old now and the incident is still very fresh in my 
mind! 

Mike Church (CHURCHMON)-at-aol