Vault Network Boards - I just managed to shock myself with 115v across my hands

Sith_Mauler posted:

Yep one time I was preforming a alignment on the driver cards on the back of a 1970's era green tube crt, and 30k volts thought my tweaker tool was a nice ground.

I went to medical told the doc what happened and his jaw hit the floor, then I told him it was low amperage, but it still hurt like hell.

He stopped looking shocked..

I think when I was in (Navy) I got hit by 120v, 450v, 16.5k and 270v DC (i'm not counting 24vDC cause that just tickles). Only thing that we had that I didn't get hit by was the 400hz navigation power. That stuff doesn't penetrate, it just bounces and burns across the skin. The 16.5k put me on my ass for a good 30 minutes.

and definitely this

Stormyblade posted:

You know, you really should see a doctor, or at least take a visit to the local injury clinic (not the ER, it's for less serious "injuries"

if you have one. Getting shocked, especially when it goes through the heart, can screw up your heart rhythm and you might not even notice.

It's better to be safe than sorry. I seem to remember being told that you should be monitored for at least 24 hours after just to be safe.

Edit: One cabinet we went in, you were almost guaranteed to get hit, no matter how 'safe' to set it up. It was a remote main distribution panel that you couldn't de-energize, with 120v, 450v, 270vDC and 500vDC strung through something the size of a small linen closet. We had a whole lot of fun drilling/cutting new holes for new monitoring and controls.

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