Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Suppose it is possible but have never seen an electricle issue with rings etc.
As with any Rotery tools,No watches,No rings,No long sleeves,No long hair.(long hair is not a problem with me
My mom worked in a WW2 machine shop back in the 40s,She tells me true story of a lady that got her long hair caught in a drill press.
Darn near killed her.

Probably scalped her Bill.
I've heard similar about people with long hair working on a lathe! My hair is below my shoulders but I will put it in a pony tail.
If working with a machine, I will put it in the back of my shirt.

Originally Posted by engine46

Probably scalped her Bill.
I've heard similar about people with long hair working on a lathe! My hair is below my shoulders but I will put it in a pony tail.
If working with a machine, I will put it in the back of my shirt.

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When we got married my wife had the jeweler cut relief lines all around the periphery of the ring in diagonal slashes spaced evenly around the outside of the ring. He liked the finished look so much he started to market some that way. Caught the light in the slashes and looked spiffy. And if I were to get it crushed it would crack at one of, or a few of those relief cuts and be easily removable.
It stays in my watch winder box on the dresser now, and like the watches in there, never gets worn, cept for fancy events. No watches, rings, or chains in the Dairy world so I got used to wearing none.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Suppose it is possible but have never seen an electricle issue with rings etc.
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As 40+ year lineman I can tell you rings and electricity and climbing do not play well together.

I put my ring in my watch pocket. To this day I do not understand why power/electrical business allows rings.

I've had to deal with crushed, skinned/de-gloved and, torn off fingers followed up with a "I told you so DA." No electrocutions from rings thanks goodness. The real biggy is a ring will wear away the rubber inside LV/HV rubber gloves and they "WILL" fail.

Fully understand when working around mega volt systems,but some have mentioned automotive work,Never seen that.

12v car batteries can smoke you just as fast and bad. When I was trying to find a photo of a wrench welded to a wedding ring that was always around on safety posters back in the day I found way too many car battery smoked hands. Fault current on car batteries can go over 1000 - 1500 amps. That's a lot of smoke trust me.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Fully understand when working around mega volt systems,but some have mentioned automotive work,Never seen that.

I knew an older guy that has a burn scar from his wrist watch on his arm from an electrical short while working on an automotive electrical system. 12v can hurt too, not often fatal but painful.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I knew an older guy that has a burn scar from his wrist watch on his arm from an electrical short while working on an automotive electrical system. 12v can hurt too, not often fatal but painful.

Correct Rezdog, that was what I was trying to explain. It isn't just ac voltage that will get ya but while dc voltage more than likely won't kill you, it can hurt you & scar you for life. They did show us some pics in safety meetings.

And as I learned in college, it's not the voltage. but the amperage that kills you. In an AC (alternating current) system the power drops off momentarily (60 times a second) and allows you to pull free, in a DC (direct current) system, no such chance unless sheer willpower does it for ya. Only straight from the battery or alternator will you see, as jmercer mentioned, 600-100 amps potential. And as an extra factoid, 30 amps can stop your heart they say.
Cheers!

Originally Posted by RezDog

I knew an older guy that has a burn scar from his wrist watch on his arm from an electrical short while working on an automotive electrical system. 12v can hurt too, not often fatal but painful.

I'd bet he bridged the posts of the battery with the metal band.. OUCH!!!