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dukeboy_318 said:
All I did was press a button on a stoplight control box
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Worst I can remember was shutting off the main on a 150hp electric motor. The motor flamed on a conveyor belt, I witnessed the flames :lol:. It was a wet morning after rain much like today. Handle on the disconnect metal, concrete wall I was balancing myself against wet. 220v hand to hand as it disconnected. Numerous times push the start button on 3 phase starters and see the box with the mag starter in it across the room eat it's lunch :lol:
 
Unconventional said:
Worst I can remember was shutting off the main on a 150hp electric motor. The motor flamed on a conveyor belt, I witnessed the flames :lol:. It was a wet morning after rain much like today. Handle on the disconnect metal, concrete wall I was balancing myself against wet. 220v hand to hand as it disconnected. Numerous times push the start button on 3 phase starters and see the box with the mag starter in it across the room eat it's lunch :lol:
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Don’t forget hot summer sweaty days hanging amp clamp in motor starter bucket and waking up to the circle of faces, sweat provided continuity!
 
Unconventional said:
It can be pretty spooky. Especially when you get it when you think you're following the proper safety guidelines.
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Hardest I have ever been shocked, was off a Magneto on our pulling tractor....40K volts is nothing to sneeze at....could not let go, thank god the engine died, otherwise I might have....
 
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I've ridden the shockwave a few times. First time I might have been 12. Fixing a lamp. Last time was a year ago. Touched 220.
I'm fine...
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zkx14 said:
I've ridden the shockwave a few times. First time I might have been 12. Fixing a lamp. Last time was a year ago. Touched 220.
I'm fine...
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Back in the Carnival days, we might have setup in a empty field. And for electricity had to run generators. We had a trailer with a transformer in it, that was set up to operate on 20K volts. We would park the trailer under the hi tension lines, and hook onto the bare wires with jumper cables!! Running into the transformer, free 24 hour power for our trailers. Worked like a charm...Never got shocked or even felt anything, BUT I used shockproof gloves...Electricity is so benign , till it is not...
 
Mopar Tim said:
Back in the Carnival days, we might have setup in a empty field. And for electricity had to run generators. We had a trailer with a transformer in it, that was set up to operate on 20K volts. We would park the trailer under the hi tension lines, and hook onto the bare wires with jumper cables!! Running into the transformer, free 24 hour power for our trailers. Worked like a charm...Never got shocked or even felt anything, BUT I used shockproof gloves...Electricity is so benign , till it is not...
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I know the stop light was 3 phase but wonder what kind of voltage I was I’m guessing at least 220/240
 
Daddy used to tell us the story of the huge old house they grew up in. He and his NINE sisters. Anyway, this was one of them old houses where you could get between the walls. He said there was a hanging light fixture in between the walls and he would remove the bulb, ground his foot on a gas pipe and stick his finger in the live light socket for kicks. Yup. That was my pop. lol
 
Mopar Tim said:
Back in the Carnival days, we might have setup in a empty field. And for electricity had to run generators. We had a trailer with a transformer in it, that was set up to operate on 20K volts. We would park the trailer under the hi tension lines, and hook onto the bare wires with jumper cables!! Running into the transformer, free 24 hour power for our trailers. Worked like a charm...Never got shocked or even felt anything, BUT I used shockproof gloves...Electricity is so benign , till it is not...
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That’s nuckin futz :realcrazy:
 
dukeboy_318 said:
This light was installed 03-05 roughly.
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No reason for any light to have 3 phase power to it. Either way, unless you actually touch all three phases, its still a single phase shock. Possibly between two live, but more commonly one to ground. Fks you up bought the same though...
 
zkx14 said:
No reason for any light to have 3 phase power to it. Either way, unless you actually touch all three phases, its still a single phase shock. Possibly between two live, but more commonly one to ground. Fks you up bought the same though...
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3 phase is really good for motors, can be easily reversed, and soft started, with the right device. AND lots cheaper to run same HP motor....I have wired lighting on 3 phase, only because that was what was there to run other things....just a ground and a single phase, As Kieth knows, but not everyone else does...
 
Mopar Tim said:
3 phase is really good for motors, can be easily reversed, and soft started, with the right device. AND lots cheaper to run same HP motor....I have wired lighting on 3 phase, only because that was what was there to run other things....just a ground and a single phase, As Kieth knows, but not everyone else does...
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It was put in by army engineers so they probably f-d it up lol
 
halifaxhops said:
There is a Military surplus guy I did not know about right here about two miles away, I just found out about him. Stopped in and talked to him and told him I buy Mopar ign parts, holy crap he has stuff. Five wharehouses of stuff! He is sending me a listing off all the mopar stuff he has, should be interesting, just have to decipher it it is by NSN (national stock numbers) and I still have a fedlog disk!
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The king pin kits for my Fargo came from a military buyout.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
It was put in by army engineers so they probably f-d it up lol
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The 3-phase power works with three alternating currents that are separated uniformly in phase angle. The three phases share a common leg, neutral in the installations.
A three-phase circuit provides greater power density than a one-phase circuit at the same amperage, keeping wiring size and costs lower. In addition, three-phase power makes it easier to balance loads, minimizing harmonic currents and the need for large neutral wires.
Says DR. Google!!!:lol:
 
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