Re: Oh Sh** Moment

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was working on a 440V 1500 Amp fire water pump in NYC 20+ years ago.
Building super swore he shut off the power. Luckily I treat it like it
was live anyway. My screwdriver slipped out of my hands and melted in
half when it hit the power terminals...all I saw was a blue flash...I
could not see anything but blue for hours...my fault for trusting
someone else like that. I was connecting relays to monitoring pump run,
and pump power failure for the gravity tank on the roof. I took the rest
of the day off... :)

Jim Rojas




Tommy wrote:
> Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:46ce06d5$0$18966
> $4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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>> My brother in law went right through the ceiling, and landed on a small
>> glass dining room table...He wasn't hurt at all due to his experience in
>> bar fights. The customer used 1/2" particle board on the attic floor,
>> and it got wet from the AC flex vents. The customer was nice enough to
>> claim partial responsibility. Let's just say it could have cost me big
>> time. I paid for the table & repair, the customer had his contractor
>> brother do the drywall repair at cost...and yes it was popcorn ceilings.
>>
>> Jim Rojas
>>
>>
>
> That's funny. You don't see many glass top tables in the bars around here.
>
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> That's about right though. 1/2" particle. jeez, that's just enough to give
> you a false sense of security.