Re: OT, What Should We Do???

Posted by Billy NY on April 03, 2014 at 05:48:15 from (66.67.105.23):

In Reply to: OT, What Should We Do??? posted by Bryce Frazier on April 02, 2014 at 16:47:19:

I think its been said enough regarding the power, only thing I can add is its nothing to fool with regardless of voltage, its that simple.

When I was a youngster, pre-school I am sure, one of my parents showed me a news paper photo, of all that was left of a kid that climbed a tower and connected with some high voltage, what was in the photo was a burned pair of sneakers, the only thing left was the rubber soles.

The description of how you modified your hitch, may just be plausible in theory, but its never been tested. I would not want to even remotely consider testing something like that, being connected to it.

Years ago while on a job, myself and the teamster foreman/steward were discussing high voltage accidents, and he said he was on a job, (NYC) and they were doing some demo work in a tunnel, one of the laborers was using a jackhammer, not sure if it was a 90lb or what, but he hit a 440 line, and that was it for him, blue flame came out his ears, he witnessed the mans death on the job. i think the only way any of this ever sinks in is with graphic depiction. Speak with an RN, Doctor or any ER people that have dealt with injuries or death caused by electrocution, its a nasty kind of injury, it will burn the h$ll out of flesh in an instant, or kill in the same time.

You do not ever want to find that line with your plow, if you do, its very likely the tractor will become energized, it creates heat quickly, those tires may succumb to pyrolysis, and blow up. If its a primary or higher voltage, it will jump when, where and how is nothing that can be predicted or determined in this situation, like I said you do not want to be sitting on a tractor in this situation.

Here's another scenario, one I experienced, unfortunately as a kid much younger than you. We had a ford tractor dealership, large shop, concrete, steel and concrete block building and it had unit heaters suspended from the bar joists above to heat in the winter. Those old unit heaters were wired directed at the thermostat, not low voltage control wire like today. Some %*$$#@! jerk had removed the thermostat cover, leaving 3 splices of wires exposed, no wire nuts, no cover, just in the open. Well being a helpful person, I enjoyed being at the place, someone needed a lens for the welding mask, shield, helmet etc, and I knew there was a stack of them on this little shelf on the steel column, above the thermostat I did not see, the one with 220 volts, connected to the unit heater. Well I reached up to grab a lens and I contacted the 3 splices, it froze me up, can feel the electricity in my body and it was not exiting, I can't even recall its been so long, but my wrist was burning, smell of burning flesh, I was magnetized to the column and it took 2 people to break me free, they both got nailed with 220 while saving me. Had I been alone, I would have died a slow agonizing death or crossed that voltage across my heart if I had touched the other hand to the column. It seemed like an eternity and I could do nothing, it was not like a pop and you get thrown, or break away, it was a poor replication of an electric chair, maybe one meant to torture. Power is NOTHING to fool with EVER. I use the excuse today to explain the way I am LOL, not sure if something like that caused me any damage but the 3 small scars on the inside of my wrist, which you can barely see, are a reminder.

You need to see that line to work around it, not sure what can be done, hopefully it can be worked out, located, depth lowered or what have you, to make it safe to work around.

I have a food plot patch under 115,000 volt lines, and in the summer they sag down, when its hot and humid, needless to say I do not go near them, when they sag. The distance seems to be close to the safe limit then. Better to get any work done there when its cooler and dry. During hunting season, I remember walking under them and raising my rifle a bit, I can get a static spark going from my forefinger to the trigger guard, voltage like that would vaporize you. Its part of an ag field, and many a tractor has been in that part of it, but it still creeps a person out to be near the low portion of the conductors, (wires).

Well you've heard the horror stories, be safe and don't fool with that power for any reason !

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