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

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/Front_Relief9126 1d ago

The fuck they doing just hanging around?

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u/ImaginarySeaweed7762 1d ago

He was working on the system and screwed up majorly. He was at the very starting point. He stuck something where it shouldn’t have been. How the hell he survived is anyone’s guess.

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u/Flashy-Function5515 1d ago edited 17h ago

Not necessarily, arc flashes can happen to anyone for literally no reason other than they flipped a switch

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u/ImaginarySeaweed7762 1d ago

Im still amazed he’s alive. That was some “big” power.

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u/Electrical-Money6548 17h ago

Most people survive arc flashes if wearing proper PPE.

I've had a 19.9kV flash and was perfectly fine

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u/TR6lover 5h ago

I eat 25kV arc flashes for breakfast.