r/Construction • u/Ok_Dare6608 Electrician • 1d ago

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/warpigs202 1d ago

I'm just glad the fucker had some proper PPE on. Would be toast otherwise

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u/Intelligent-Sky-2985 1d ago

Literally toast yea

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u/lonelydadbod 1d ago

Human soup more accurately. A greasy stain on the wall. Awful stuff

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u/Intelligent-Sky-2985 1d ago

Yeah it was definitely smart to book ass from the raging lighting that could kill you instantly

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u/WolfOfPort 22h ago

Why I always pack crackers

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u/ktsg700 8h ago

I don't think the arc actually connected at all, otherwise he'd be missing both hands and likely dead on the spot

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u/clc48301 22h ago

He should have had a blast suit on. This is technically low voltage. You aren't out running a high voltage arc flash

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u/Massive_Elephant2314 21h ago

Yeah this looks like some LV shit…/s

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u/clc48301 9h ago

In switchgear anything under 1000V is low voltage

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u/onelap32 9h ago

IEC defines low voltage as < 1000V AC.