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Cha

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8. Main thing.. the Rescue boy picked up

Reply to Swede (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:35 PM

22 hrs ago

his legs and dragged him out of there!

I've been shocked before.. awhile ago. I touched a fence that was rigged to keep Skunks out of the garden.

Obviously not that high of voltage..

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Teen saves his friend from electric shock [View all] Swede 22 hrs ago OP

WTH mr715 22 hrs ago #1

The current travels from one charged metal piece to haele 22 hrs ago #9

Oof, I'm sorry to hear about that. mr715 22 hrs ago #10

That happened to me once at a carnival - stuck between two metal gates biophile 22 hrs ago #2

Did you need medical attention? mr715 22 hrs ago #3

No the current was not super strong, just enough the jam the muscles in my arms so that I couldn't release my hands biophile 22 hrs ago #6

What was going through your head? mr715 22 hrs ago #7

Haha I see what you did there! biophile 11 hrs ago #16

Thanks for the story. mr715 3 hrs ago #17

" he was grounded." Intractable 13 hrs ago #15

Brilliant!! I couldn't see what Cha 22 hrs ago #4

I think the metal door and frame were not grounded, so the current flowed from arm to arm it looks like. Swede 22 hrs ago #5

Main thing.. the Rescue boy picked up Cha 22 hrs ago #8

I was working on an old Luxman tube amp. Swede 20 hrs ago #11

Yow... glad you weren't hurt too badly.. You'll never do Cha 19 hrs ago #12

I can't help it Skittles 19 hrs ago #13

Sorry, I didn't get it... he's right.. Cha 19 hrs ago #14