Re: Oh Sh** Moment

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

oh man was youse lucky!






"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|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
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| Tommy wrote:
| > Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:46ce06d5$0$18966
| > $4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
| >
| >> 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
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| >>
| >
| > That's funny. You don't see many glass top tables in the bars around
here.
| >
| >
| > That's about right though. 1/2" particle. jeez, that's just enough to
give
| > you a false sense of security.