Try again. Electrical Engineer. I play with high voltage on a regular basis.
Sounds like fun!
Try again. Electrical Engineer. I play with high voltage on a regular basis.
Sounds like fun!
Wow, your co-workers are a bunch of *******s
It can be shocking, especially if you're a well grounded individual
Caity, have figured out why transformers hum?
Cuz they don't know the words?
Oh it's great fun when you get a jolt of 277 through your arm. I've been hit by it once while making a splice, had a pain in my elbow all day.
Yeah that's a good one. I like to use another one although not related to anything electrical. I'll ask someone if they ever see a flock of geese flying overhead in "V" formation and notice one side of the "V" is longer than the other side and ask them if they know why that is?We can be on a job and I'll ask new guys that as we pass one of the subs--gets 'em every time. Yeah, corny as all get out, I know.
FWIW, I'm also an engineer, and I OC...
I dont really find it a joke. Guys will always say panels and boxes aren't energized. I always grab my meter and check for myself. I've heard too many bad stories and seen too many bad pictures to take their word.
I "heard" an electrician get into a panel in a commercial water heater at a school one time. He thought he'd killed the breaker but had just flipped off the 120v control circuit. Good thing his screw driver hit the side of the unit at the same time he touched the first lug. The dead short sounded louder than a 12 gauge going off. We all sh** out pants. He sat down and took a looooong break and thought about almost going to the great panel in the sky.
Too bad you don't work with architects. They would have seen your carry and commented on how it blended in with you outfit, the shape and "form" of it and how it related to the environment and ..."Oh, look! A puppy in the flower garden."
I dont really find it a joke. Guys will always say panels and boxes aren't energized. I always grab my meter and check for myself. I've heard too many bad stories and seen too many bad pictures to take their word.
Yeah that's a good one. I like to use another one although not related to anything electrical. I'll ask someone if they ever see a flock of geese flying overhead in "V" formation and notice one side of the "V" is longer than the other side and ask them if they know why that is?
Naturally most ponder the question and try to over think it and they end up feeling really foolish and I get the proverbial groan when I tell them it's because there are more geese on that side.
Maybe it is that they find your confidence emasculating. Don't let them bother you, if you want to OC, then OC. Personally, I CC.....however, I support everyone's right to carry....however, they see fit.
BTW, on a side note....maybe you've answered this before, but is you avatar your martial arts black belt? If so, that could be another reason your male coworkers feel insecure around you (yes, they are insecure..that is why they confronted you). I only ask because it reminds me of my oldest son's black belt.....his name on one end and something in Korean written on the other.
I didn't just train in TaeKwonDo either, my basis was TKD but also included Jujitsu, Kempo, Judo, Krav Maga, Ninjitsu and a handful of others.
I apologize for any spelling errors because I'm in a parking lot, in Rossville, on my phone.
It's okay. They had me making connections in a live 480VAC box in a puddle. Everyone thought it had been powered down because VFD LCD display was off as well as the HMI... yup, no. Almost died. Since then it has been an 'initiation' joke.
You've got that right. I installed a new light in a closet I finished in our basement. The licensed and long time in business electrician had just hung a china fixture with a bare bulb. I flipped the switch off then checked the wires on the fixture. He had screwed up and switched the neutral instead of the hot. So with the "hot" still active if I would have touched the box or the ground at the same time I would have got lit up.Never assume and never take anyone's word for it...ever!
Hot wire testers are cheap.
Bunch of Jackwagons you work with.
You've got that right. I installed a new light in a closet I finished in our basement. The licensed and long time in business electrician had just hung a china fixture with a bare bulb. I flipped the switch off then checked the wires on the fixture. He had screwed up and switched the neutral instead of the hot. So with the "hot" still active if I would have touched the box or the ground at the same time I would have got lit up.