Jeannie, I think I laughed harder @ your blunder than I did while I watched the mad man in the video. I have worked on many cars and have probably caught a hundred zaps from ignition coils, ouch.
To this day, nothing will ever top the bang I got from a 240vac arc to my hand. I saw stars for hours after that one.
Last edited by Barman58; 01 Nov 2015 at 09:35. Reason: Removed un needed statement
Yeah, it's funny now but not so much when I did it.
The worst zaps I used to get was when I used to rummage through the junk pile behind a TV repair shop on my way home from high school (yeah, I'm old enough to remember those) in search of a chassis to strip for parts (printed circuits weren't as common back then and vacuum tubes were). The first time I pulled off the flyback lead from the picture tube put me back on my then not so ample asset. I tried shunting them to ground at the flyback coil after that but sometimes I didn't do all that great of a job and would get a rude awakening when I pulled the picture tube.
I had an uncle who could grab the spark plug wires of a running engine and tell you which cylinder was missing just by the amount of zap he would get. It never fazed him. I tried it...once.
I am familiar with grabbing the spark plug wire method of troubleshooting. Sometimes it helps to change ones' mood as well. Check ur inbox, pls.
I am done working on copiers for a living so I switched to computers.
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