Could an electrician teach current events as shocking as it might seem. Or would he be to wired to focus?
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I know one electrician that does that from home --- on his CB radio... he always starts his lesson with:\n                    Breaker! Breaker!\nTwo lessons a day ... first at 1:10... and the other at 2:20
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Outfit each with a shocking collar like the ones used to train bird dogs.  Adjust the shock for the medium setting.  Hand the shock controller to the other guard at the beginning of the shift.\nI doubt that this is legal, but it would work.
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Yes the electricity sparks can cause an explosion. I read about that a long time ago.
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Well, i've spent few years in electrical designing. It depends though whom you call experienced!! Y'r welcome to post question, let's try.
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Sinister Minister, wire to wire.
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You'll need a shitload of math - heavy on calculus,\ncomplex variables with electricity and special\nengineering math.
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yeah, my dad is an electrician who worked there. he said the only ppl he saw there were shackled and accompanied by guards. i dont know what constitutes a "prison" technically, but i'm pretty damn sure that if you're there, you're not having a good time. for a LONG time.
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Please see the Wikipedia article on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_distribution below.\n\n- An electric power engineer
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You only get an electrical shock if you touch both the wire and another thing (in most people's case, the ground) Then the current passes from the cable to the other thing through you. If you're ever silly enough to try, you can hang from the cable with one hand and nothing will happen to you, either.
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If you can find and cut the power supply do it. Otherwise try to pull the person by grading him from the clothes DO NOT touch his skin with your bare hands 'cause you'll be electrocuted too.
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Great question.  Define dead.  As a power engineer, you will not be on the front pages of newspapers, blogs, or even fathomable by non-engineers as to exactly what you do.  You will spend some of your time and early part of your career messing with dielectric material, blowing dust off coils, and checking and testing busbar connections.\n\nAs you mature, you'll recognize where you can fit in.  The power industry is very wide and encompasses many technologies from power generation, transmission, distribution, metering, and advanced telemetry (grid management covering tens of thousands of miles and thousands of megawatts).  As well, there is tremendous academic work ongoing in research into grid stability, network theory, high-voltage electronics - that's the cutting edge of power engineering.  On the other side, though maintenance and standards-setting is not glamourous, it's an important aspect that touches upon all the above areas.\n\nI would seek out an IEEE-Power member or any professional engineer, not necessarily someone with a PE license, and ask this same question - find out what facets you like and dislike.
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Just out of context like that the first thing that comes to mind is The electric tripped (the circuit breaker).
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There is a lot of factors that could go wrong, so if you are really worried about it, you should probably shut down.  Surge protector, properly grounded electrical system, and other factors will make it less risky though.  It may be worth the risk.
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Worked in a factory that made the switches that turn streetlights on at night,  I soldered 500 identical wires to 500 identical circuit chips (called a dual-voltage precision heater) every day.\n\nIt was just as bad as it sounds.
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Get a licensed professional electrician.
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go to DIY sites about electrical. you must be an electrician to conduct electrical wiring. electrical current is an unforgiving. you ust know how to respect it...
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Current burns, voltage jerks the muscles.  Too much current, you're toast.  Too much voltage, your heart stops.\n\nStatic built up from rubbing your socks on the carpet probably won't kill you.\n\nSeveral years back, in the wintertime, there were some news reports of people whose car blew up at the gas pumps.  Supposedly it was due to static electricity.\n\nIt's rare to get "shocked" outside when getting in or out of one's car or touching it or whatever but it does happen.  I remember a couple times in the past 5 years when it happened to me. A tiny percentage of times I have done that but way more than zero.\n\nSo, I guess the combination of a spark and being by your open gas tank could kills you, indirectly.\n\nTaking an extreme counter-example, there was a girl struck by lightening at the WHFS alternative rock festival in DC a few years ago. Apparently it knocked her a few feet from where she was standing.  But, it didn't kill her.  She was lucky.\n\nStatic charges build up more easily in wintertime. The air is dryer.  Something about the air molecules is different when there is less moisture.  I forget what, but you have probably noticed more "static" shocks in winter than any other time of year, unless you live in a really cold, dry place.\n\nA three inch spark seems pretty far.\n\nIn high school physics class, they said that each inch that a spark travelled off a sphere through the air indicated 10,000 volts.  I think it was 10,000.  Well, you're not a sphere and you are probably not touching one but that still seems like a lot.\n\nI used to get shocks of half or three quarters of an inch  when touching the corners of walls at the house I grew up in all the time.  That was really nothing.  I barely felt it.  It was just a surprise to feel it, and also to see the spark leap between the wall and your finger.\n\nModern buildings have grounding wires on all the outlets and stuff like that, to prevent electrical problems.  Not sure what really old buildings are like.\n\nIf you are wearing a sweater or wool clothing, that could increase the amount of static charge you build up.  There are all kinds of things that could do it.\n\nIf it happens on warm, humid days when you are not wearing any wool or sweaters, that would really be strange.  If not, maybe it is what you are wearing or the atmosphere that is mostly responsible.\n\nAlso, carpet is a big factor.\n\nFeeling it hours later, that's freaky. That never happened to me.