The Bagdad Boatman (waits) Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 The main danger is that you could ignite the volatile gasses from the battery and blow them apart and splash you with battery acid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Nibble said: That is precisely why my wedding ring is tattooed. Ah, another one, except its my finger that's tattooed and the melted ring is in my cuff link box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Sir Nibble said: That is precisely why my wedding ring is tattooed. And I never had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Tony Brooks said: Ah, another one, except its my finger that's tattooed and the melted ring is in my cuff link box. One of my early patients when I was training in the SE in the seventies was a lad who was an apprentice electrician, working on high voltage transmission lines, mostly buried in below-ground conduits. One week he had his right wrist bandaged and explained that he'd learnt not to wear a chain bracelet whilst crawling near cables carrying 40,000 volts. Big magnetic field, big induced current... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Mrs Ampingot chief Thai battery tester. Edited February 6, 2018 by bizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebotco Posted February 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 hours ago, bizzard said: Mrs Ampingot chief Thai battery tester. She'll be in trouble if she ever has to have her tonsils out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 20 hours ago, Sir Nibble said: Well well. Forty years a sparkie and never seen this before. Most of us pros just make do with doing the job correctly and disconnect the earthed terminal first and re connect it last. Zero chance of a spark if you have any real idea what you are doing. Out of interest, the linesmen (33,11 KV and LV) I used to manage all had insulated tools, including podgers of various sizes, being totally honest as a tree bloke not a lino I originally thought they were taking the pee when they asked for podgers 3 hours ago, BruceinSanity said: One of my early patients when I was training in the SE in the seventies was a lad who was an apprentice electrician, working on high voltage transmission lines, mostly buried in below-ground conduits. One week he had his right wrist bandaged and explained that he'd learnt not to wear a chain bracelet whilst crawling near cables carrying 40,000 volts. Big magnetic field, big induced current... The induced current thing caused me no end of problems during planned outages, apparently earthing an overhead line close to its UG point had serious implications for big bangs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, tree monkey said: Out of interest, the linesmen (33,11 KV and LV) I used to manage all had insulated tools, including podgers of various sizes, being totally honest as a tree bloke not a lino I originally thought they were taking the pee when they asked for podgers The induced current thing caused me no end of problems during planned outages, apparently earthing an overhead line close to its UG point had serious implications for big bangs I've sat here for the last few minutes thinking but I give in............ What's a PODGER? (I know I'll regret asking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slim said: I've sat here for the last few minutes thinking but I give in............ What's a PODGER? (I know I'll regret asking) http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/ratchet-podger-spanner Some insulated ones: https://www.clydesdale.net/clydesdale-products/tools/product/insulated-podger-spanners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slim said: I've sat here for the last few minutes thinking but I give in............ What's a PODGER? (I know I'll regret asking) Well thats why I thought they were taking the pee, one of these but insulated https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/en/products/17mm-x-19mm-ratchet-podger-spanner-black?utm_medium=google_shopping&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlvWSu9mR2QIVjrftCh3weghfEAQYAiABEgJWQPD_BwE 1 minute ago, WotEver said: http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/ratchet-podger-spanner Some insulated ones: https://www.clydesdale.net/clydesdale-products/tools/product/insulated-podger-spanners In fact those from clydesdale are what we supplied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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