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i've worked on electrical things alot and have been zapped by 110 many times and 220 once...
i just got blasted with the anode on my TEC tm623 b/w monitor...i thought my arm and leg melted and my right nut was pretty tingly too
i felt the whole circuit that my body made...i was kneeling on my concrete basement floor and while reaching in to adjust the chassis, i hit the flyback wire...i felt it shoot up my right arm and out my right leg (at the speed of light of course)...shortly after, i was all tingly in my arm, abdomen, right nut (which was kind of interesting), and my right calf....the arm also ached quite a bit too
i think my little boy learned a few new words too...

i wouldn't recommend doing it for fun, but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would've been considering i've heard those have in the neighborhood of 20,000 volts
 
wow, glad you are "ok" -ish.

Out of curiosity did you hit an exposed wire?
 
Pretty wild, huh? I had the same thing happening when adjusting a 6100 HV adjustment pot (with plastic screwdriver). Didn't know that the flyback had cracked (on the backside) and been repaired with epoxy. A bit of the crack escaped the epoxy right at the top. I'm adjusting the HV pot while watching the B+ reading when - POW!

My wife heard me yell and came and checked to see if I was okay. My hand was bleeding near where I got zapped, but I don't know if it was from the zap or my hand jerking into something. Took me a while to get my heart rate back down - and another 30 minutes to find my screwdriver (which went flying across the room)...
 
I've done the same thing. You can indeed feel exactly where the electricity is traveling through. The best way I can describe it is an intense pulsating sensation that causes your entire body to tighten.
 
Yeah..uh be happy it wasn't your left arm. Much more chance of stopping your heart that way.
 
it's been about 45 minutes and my arm still feels funny...the tingling in my nut is going away, which i kind of miss :) ...i'm nut sure what part i touched, it's an old TEC tm623 b/w monitor and the anode wire coming off the flyback doesn't look like the newer red wire/black suction cup kind of flyback...
 
it's been about 45 minutes and my arm still feels funny...the tingling in my nut is going away, which i kind of miss :) ...i'm nut sure what part i touched, it's an old TEC tm623 b/w monitor and the anode wire coming off the flyback doesn't look like the newer red wire/black suction cup kind of flyback...

I'd recommend pulling a +5v wire and connecting it to that left nut. It should help you get some of that sensation back.
 
I once grabbed one of those novelty shock pens that electrocute you with batteries. I thought I was going to die. I can only imagine having a monitor light you up. I think I'll stick to painting cabinets.
 
A little shock therapy?

If the nut continues to hurt it may have burst, or better yet cooked, mountain oysters anyone? I will bring the beer!

Greg
 
all is well now...right arm is still a little achy...i'm heading to toledo now for my brothers birthday party...if i'm able to light the candles with my finger i'll be able to join the fantastic four as "flyback guy" or something clever like that...
 
Reminds me of the time I forgot to discharge a 4600 I was working on. I unhooked the anode cap then grabbed on to the frame to unscrew the chassis. The anode clip then touched the frame and I made a "Dahuuuhh" sound when the residual voltage went through me. That hurt.
 
i've worked on electrical things alot and have been zapped by 110 many times and 220 once...
i just got blasted with the anode on my TEC tm623 b/w monitor...i thought my arm and leg melted and my right nut was pretty tingly too
i felt the whole circuit that my body made...i was kneeling on my concrete basement floor and while reaching in to adjust the chassis, i hit the flyback wire...i felt it shoot up my right arm and out my right leg (at the speed of light of course)...shortly after, i was all tingly in my arm, abdomen, right nut (which was kind of interesting), and my right calf....the arm also ached quite a bit too
i think my little boy learned a few new words too...

i wouldn't recommend doing it for fun, but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would've been considering i've heard those have in the neighborhood of 20,000 volts

Did you gain any superpowers?
 
I once grabbed one of those novelty shock pens that electrocute you with batteries. I thought I was going to die.

I brought one of those to work. One employee from Taiwan, who spoke broken English (at best) spoke in a perfectly smooth English dialect for two minutes after hitting the button.

Also had a zapper stapler which was even shock...ier. But I lost that one, which means it's still floating around the office amongst various office supplies. Someone will find it someday, but I'm a little worried as to how they'll find it.
 
i've worked on electrical things alot and have been zapped by 110 many times and 220 once...
i just got blasted with the anode on my TEC tm623 b/w monitor...i thought my arm and leg melted and my right nut was pretty tingly too
i felt the whole circuit that my body made...i was kneeling on my concrete basement floor and while reaching in to adjust the chassis, i hit the flyback wire...i felt it shoot up my right arm and out my right leg (at the speed of light of course)...shortly after, i was all tingly in my arm, abdomen, right nut (which was kind of interesting), and my right calf....the arm also ached quite a bit too
i think my little boy learned a few new words too...

i wouldn't recommend doing it for fun, but it wasn't as bad as i thought it would've been considering i've heard those have in the neighborhood of 20,000 volts


Now you know why I always urinate before adjusting monitors or discharging picture tubes.
 
all is well now...right arm is still a little achy...i'm heading to toledo now for my brothers birthday party...if i'm able to light the candles with my finger i'll be able to join the fantastic four as "flyback guy" or something clever like that...

f'n hilarious. i about choked on my dip spit when i read this.
 
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