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| One of the first occurrences with a strong shock is muscular contraction. If you are grabbing you hold on and pull towards what you grabbed. Back of hand slap, you yank your hand away. Its not your reaction, its the current directly causing the muscles to contract. I've heard of strong men crushing arm bones from all the muscles contracting at the same time. That's not good for the arm. I know I've pulled muscles from shocks I didn't anticipate. I don't like getting shocks whether testing or not. There are safer and more comfortable indicators of electricity than my body.
A safer test is some sort of voltage sensor, or better, a sensitive AC meter with one probe stuck in the dirt to moisture and the other probe to the case of the suspect machinery. A neon bulb test might almost be sensitive enough, but I prefer a tested working meter because it takes more than 65 volts to light a neon bulb and its hard to see it in the sun.
Gerald J. | |
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Electric pivot safety?
