Just a question as to what something is.1974 or so 200 amp breaker outside below the meter can. Had some problem with breaker tripping. Opened up and was full of dirt, bugs etc. Got the shop vac in there to clean it out and when doing that the cylindrical object with the 3 wires leading to it sparked. It just has the wires coming in, none out and it just sits there loose. Can someone tell me what it is?
Priceless....he tried with his left hand felt the shock, so he figured let me try with my right hand and got a bigger shock!
e·lec·tro·cute əˈlektrəˌkyo͞ot/ verb past tense: electrocuted; past participle: electrocuted injure or kill someone by electric shock. "a man was electrocuted when he switched on the Christmas tree lights" Not even fucking close.
I actually have a really crazy electrocution story. A very close childhood friend of mine, now sadly passed, was doing laundry in her parents' basement. I used to practically live there when things were sketchy at home. I heard this shriek. I ran down there, and she was glued to the open dryer door. She then stuck her foot on it to try to pull herself off, and was dragging the dryer off of the wooden platform in primal survival mode. Now she's glued more. This all happened in about a span of 15 seconds, but it was that surreal slo-mo thing that was also happening very fast. Think, think, think. There's a broom, a rake, a mop, a skateboard, some shitty garden tools, a pogo stick. I mean, I can't throw anything at this situation, and I know that I can't touch her. I had some cheap sneakers on after letting her folks' cat in. Rubber grounds you. I went with cheap sneakers. I kicked her as hard I could in the shoulder, and she let go. She was drooling and out of it for 15 mins. We celebrated with her Mom's awful Blackberry brandy, that we, uh, kinda stole, and we lifted our Dixie cups to Elsa Lanchester. Being 12 was rock solid. RIP, Lori.
She was lucky at that age to be stuck that long. I got a shock through my arms, which means through the chest also, on a washing machine. I simultaneously let out a roar and was able to jump back off it. It's no joke.
And lo, after seven and a half years of wandering aimlessly in the desert, joe finally posts something amusing.
