Will I die?

[pie_man_25]

I know a fellow that bought some U ground male plugs from Princess that looked like Hubbell clones, except they were a carmel color instead of yellow. He discovered the connection clamp screws strip very easily, and the blades are loose enough that they can slide within the bulkhead insulator.

They weren't such a good deal when he tried to install one on an extension cord.

well crap, I'll have to let them know to keep an eye on it, then.

 

[Axtman]

I know we have beat this dead horse to death but......electrocution is one of the reasons why I am uncomfortable watching musicians play electrified musical instruments while they are barefoot.

 

[g-dude]

I know we have beat this dead horse to death but......electrocution is one of the reasons why I am uncomfortable watching musicians play electrified musical instruments while they are barefoot.

I don’t think your shoes have enough insulation to make a difference.

 

[agedhorse]

I don’t think your shoes have enough insulation to make a difference.

If you run the math, adding a few thousand ohms MAY help.

 

[ToneMonkey]

Not only that, but if you have two pieces of equipment with ground faults plugged into separate stage receptacles wired to different phases in the panel, you could potentially have 208 to 240 volts between the devices. That'll certainly give you a reaction.

ie: Two guitarists playing old Fender Twins with 2 wire power cords. One says "pass me that cold, frosty beer, will you?"

Or touch a wired microphone.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

I’m changing my vote to “No”.

Yay!
He wants to live!


Is that power strip UL listed?

 

[byacey]

I don’t think your shoes have enough insulation to make a difference.

Dry, rubber soled shoes actually have pretty good dielectric insulation on the average. Leather soled shoes, not so much.

 

[logdrum]

Will I die? .. Made me laugh and then heard the funeral bands from New Orleans in my head.

Yes you will but don't know when. You're not in a hurry I hope. There is not really an optimistic outlook for all of us.

 

[Peteyboy]

I use a wireless unit so this is all folderol.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Avoid puddles while playing (i.e. do not stand too close to the drummer).

Or touch a live mic with your lips.
Or a band mate

 

[2tonic]

I remember the “oh sh*t” feeling I had upon learning that the house I sold didn’t have functioning grounds on ANY of the three prong outlets. Somehow I survived for years.
I will never buy the house of an electrician again.

Good electricians know what not to touch, so it's not an issue. The bad ones however, succumb to natural selection.

Well, to be fair, he did splice wires and at least wrap them with electrical tape. So yeah. That was awesome.

We had a neighbor who was an electrician as well. When we had him change a light fixture, he checked to see if the wiring was live by touching it.
I asked him, “Isn’t that dangerous?”
His response, “No. I mean, it hurts a little bit, but it’s only 120v. The 240 will make your arm hurt all day.”

...I've seen lots of dumb electricians on constructions sites that are little more than trained monkeys. No offense towards true professional electricians.

Falling off the ladder is a common OSHA reportable injury for electricians. Happens more frequently when getting shocked.

This. I bought the house built by an "electrician" and his buddy. We had a bad storm and some water leaked in an cause a stain on some basement ceiling drywall. I opened it up and to my horror there were wires everywhere, no conduit, no routing staples, half the connectors had excess bare wire and generally just wires laying everywhere. Called another electrician to look at it. He said, "you're lucky nothing's happened so far". Cost a pretty penny to rewire.

It's not without foundation that electricians at construction sites are referred to as "Sparky".
These are but a few of the reasons.

 

[2tonic]

Or touch a live mic with your lips.
Or a band mate

Do you often touch a bandmate with your lips?
(asking for a friend.....)

 

[Indiana Mike]

I don’t think your shoes have enough insulation to make a difference.

I’ve got a megger, we could check.

I wear ELECTRICAL Hazard rated boots I wear at work.

still don’t trust them...

 

[Geri O]

I use a wireless unit so this is all folderol.

Wrong. The danger of touching a mic and the guitar strings simultaneously are but only one of the potentially deadly risks of using improperly-grounded equipment.

 

[Lagado]

A singer/guitarist I did a lot of work with was electrocuted on a gig. He still has thin stripes on the back edge of his right hand where the strings burned in before they melted and snapped. If there had not been a bassist friend of his in the audience who realized what was happening and jumped up to switch the mains socket off, the guitarist would have had his. He was kept in hospital for around three days after, his heartbeat was irregular for a while.

 

[Peteyboy]

Wrong. The danger of touching a mic and the guitar strings simultaneously are but only one of the potentially deadly risks of using improperly-grounded equipment.

See, the narrative about Nikola Tesla is all inaccurate. He wasn't a misunderstood genius so much as he was a social misfit who would start any public debate by shouting the word "Wrong!", which, in Serbian is "Погрешно!". Doesn't sound much nicer. Turns out no matter what pearls of wisdom he was delivering, his was a method that made him seem like a mutherlovin donkey, even if he knew more about the topic than anyone else in the room.

True story.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Do you often touch a bandmate with your lips?
(asking for a friend.....)

Yes

 

[AudioTaper]

Sounds like our version of Harbor Freight.

They recalled jack stands, and then the replacement jack stands also got recalled.

I used to be in a Jeep group on FB (before I ditched FB) We had the Austin Powers meme - I see you're using jack stands from Harbor Freight. I too, like to live dangerously

 

[byacey]

A singer/guitarist I did a lot of work with was electrocuted on a gig. He still has thin stripes on the back edge of his right hand where the strings burned in before they melted and snapped. If there had not been a bassist friend of his in the audience who realized what was happening and jumped up to switch the mains socket off, the guitarist would have had his. He was kept in hospital for around three days after, his heartbeat was irregular for a while.

He wasn't electrocuted if he survived. Electrocuted is killed, dead.

 

[Downunderwonder]

He wasn't electrocuted if he survived. Electrocuted is killed, dead.

So what is the correct term for ''zapped to within an inch of your life''? I had a little look around and it seems Oxford is dragging the lexicological chain on this one.