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Re: A little electricity in my life...with excitem
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Posted by Bob M on April 26, 2007 at 06:05:27 from (151.190.254.108):
In Reply to: Re: A little electricity in my life...with excitem posted by Hugh MacKay on April 26, 2007 at 03:35:58:
Hugh - Your tale reminds me of my father in law. Years ago he was cleaning grease/dirt off the outside of a supposedly "dead" irrigation pump mag using his normal method (gasoline and a paint brush). Somehow while handling the mag he gave the impulse a half-turn backward. The mag threw enough spark through his hand to set the magneto and the sleeves of his coveralls on fire. Fortunately this happened near the welding bench where there was a fire extinguisher. A hired man alertly grabbed the extinguisher and put the fire out. All my father in law suffered was 2nd degree burns to both hands, a ruined set of coveralls and a good scare.
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