Electricity likes the path of least resistance to ground. If you are only touching with one hand, most likely the current well run down that side of your body to ground more or less. If both hands are touching it makes it more likely for the current to cross your heart which greatly increases the risk of death
It obviously isn’t. You can see it sparking in the video as it energized the wire. If it was to ground those minor sparks would have been massive arcing and that wire would melt.
You’re not wrong lmfao. But it’s exactly like “I don’t need a helmet, I simply won’t get hit”.
Im not convinced with this much juice it would have made a difference, and if you’re committed to doing it this way you ARE probably better off doing whatever helps you avoid the worst, not mitigating it, BUT there are a LOT of stories of people who have been saved by best practices.
Every line of Osha (or whatever it is in your country) is written in blood.
Grabbing with both hands you make it extremely easy for electricity to go through your heart. Electricians are usually thought not to use both hands for anything if possible, since if cable is powered chances of serious injury are slimmer. Also twist at the end was to increase tension on the wire.
tfw at the end he grabs the pliers with both hands 😬😬😬
What does it matter if he grabs a single pair of pliers with both hands? Why did he make that bend in the middle tho?
Electricity likes the path of least resistance to ground. If you are only touching with one hand, most likely the current well run down that side of your body to ground more or less. If both hands are touching it makes it more likely for the current to cross your heart which greatly increases the risk of death
Maybe the other end of the wire is grounded? Then the least resistance path is the wire
It obviously isn’t. You can see it sparking in the video as it energized the wire. If it was to ground those minor sparks would have been massive arcing and that wire would melt.
But if it didn’t shock him while he was using one hand it’s not gonna shock him when he switched to using both hands either.
Until he makes a mistake and get shocked.
You’re not wrong lmfao. But it’s exactly like “I don’t need a helmet, I simply won’t get hit”.
Im not convinced with this much juice it would have made a difference, and if you’re committed to doing it this way you ARE probably better off doing whatever helps you avoid the worst, not mitigating it, BUT there are a LOT of stories of people who have been saved by best practices.
Every line of Osha (or whatever it is in your country) is written in blood.
It’ll still choose your bloodstream. One handed or not.
Cross your heart and hope to die.
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The bend at the end, I suppose is to put the strip in tension and make it less likely it will slip
Grabbing with both hands you make it extremely easy for electricity to go through your heart. Electricians are usually thought not to use both hands for anything if possible, since if cable is powered chances of serious injury are slimmer. Also twist at the end was to increase tension on the wire.
i imagine that puts the wire under tension for better contact at both ends. pretty smart actually.
to tension the wire so the connection is more reliable