Stupidest thing youve done with electricity

[Electronic M]

My folks tell me that when I was an infant I had an insatiable urge to stick my fingers in the outlets and shock my self. They tried EVERY outlet childproofing device they could find and the best one only lasted half an hour against my attempts to defeat it...I have no memories of this...

When I was three I tried to fix the rotted rubber cord of the motor of my a 30's Erector set toy that had been passed down. I used paper tape and I must have taped the wires together as it blew the fuse instantly when plugged in.

Perhaps the dumbest things I did with electricity were when I was a teenager...With in months I had discharged the HV of a SS TV, that had just been turned, off with my bare hands, and had taken Christmas lights off a shrub that they had been on for nearly a year (the shrub had been trimmed during that time) while they were powered on...It had either started to rain when I was doing this or had just rained, and a metal element from a broken bulb touched my arm...I jumped back and I had a good char spot on my arm and it had a lingering burning feeling for a good while after that.

from that I learned that 25KV DC will wake me up and get my attention, but 120AC is a lot more painful.

[Alex KL-1]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

My folks tell me that when I was an infant I had an insatiable urge to stick my fingers in the outlets and shock my self. They tried EVERY outlet childproofing device they could find and the best one only lasted half an hour against my attempts to defeat it...I have no memories of this...

When I was three I tried to fix the rotted rubber cord of the motor of my a 30's Erector set toy that had been passed down. I used paper tape and I must have taped the wires together as it blew the fuse instantly when plugged in.

Perhaps the dumbest things I did with electricity were when I was a teenager...With in months I had discharged the HV of a SS TV, that had just been turned, off with my bare hands, and had taken Christmas lights off a shrub that they had been on for nearly a year (the shrub had been trimmed during that time) while they were powered on...It had either started to rain when I was doing this or had just rained, and a metal element from a broken bulb touched my arm...I jumped back and I had a good char spot on my arm and it had a lingering burning feeling for a good while after that.

from that I learned that 25KV DC will wake me up and get my attention, but 120AC is a lot more painful.

Wow, this fact my relatives need to know... all of them never seen infants hunting outlets... to tell to them that I'm not the one and only hehe

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Alex KL-1

Wow, this fact my relatives need to know... all of them never seen infants hunting outlets... to tell to them that I'm not the one and only hehe

All my neighbors and relatives wondered how I never got electrocuted! I was another one that looks for outlets and I would unplug things!
A very unusual interest!
At least, I made something of myself! I became an electrician!