Is this dangerous?

[Redneck in training]

Hi, I am Ladia's wife, Julie. I am writing because someone I know, I am not going to name him, really outdid himself today. In fact, I had to leave because I could not watch him. This man, who I am not going to name, was working on connecting 220 wire from our new shop to the electric company tombstone ( very aptly named, I think). But this guy, not to be named, did not call the electric Co to have power turned off while he was working. He told me that he had turned off the power, but oh by the way, those 2 terminals were hot! He was tired, he's kinda "older" and working in mud. And this guy, name withheld, also was cutting the plastic conduit in a really safe manner. Let s just say he was holding it on his thigh and sawing through it with a hacksaw! Well, I just could not watch this safety minded man, please no names, either get fried with a bolt of high voltage or cut a huge gash in his leg. So I left and went into the house and poured myself a brew and waited. Luckily, this man, a dear sweet, hardworking and talented guy, survived.I think he needs some tough love from the guys on this site regarding his safely standards....just saying P.S. I still love ya honey

 

[arsenix2001]

Sweet and i thought "I" had a death wish. Bravo!

 

[Jim in ICT]

Gotta grab the phone and get ready to dial.

 

[archerynut]

How did my wife get on here? I hear this same comments in the back of my head as she often looks on with utter disdain.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Seems apparent you should raise the insurance levels on your Man Ladias wife so that if he can't take care of you while he is in a wheelchair he can leave you with plenty of money..
Sounds like you would rather have him around in one piece though.. So Ladia you have been warned be safe to take care of that woman that for some reason loves you a bunch even if you are a nit wit.

 

[richamor]

You're describing too many of US.:laughing:

But jokes aside, there's lethal power in that "tombstone". We all know we shouldn't, but we do anyway. Be careful!!

 

[Western]

Girl, sometimes you need a "bigger" stick. Some, hmm "cough" men get hard headed as they age, so it takes "more" to get through. You have no doubt realized by now, we already know everything, right!

 

[20 20]

As I allways tell my better half even if she is correct "Did the job get done,.,. did anyone get hurt,.,. did we waste a bunch of time and money?" Then I also add "I never asked you to watch" :laughing: I think this is what they call a "MAN THING"

I have to say though when she is right, she is so right.

 

[GGB]

Julie, you must be the sister I didn't know my bride had!

In my bride's case, she may not always be right, but she's never wrong!

(And I love her dearly for it....Kept me out of trouble more than once...)

GGB

 

[rd_macgregor]

I remember a time from many years ago when I was standing at the top of an aluminum ladder carefully sawing at a tree branch that had grown around the main power wire to our house. First I cut the branch off close to the wire, then slowly sawed through the ring that encircled the wire. It was a lot like Julie's description, including survival of the amateur electrician.

BOB

 

[slowzuki]

In some states you are permitted to do hot tapping on your own with the correct fitting and tools. Around here even the trained pro's won't do it.

 

[moored4]

Around here the power company will come out and do it for no charge. While this is being done you could be on the porch drinking mint juleps with that lovely wife of yours. :licking:

they call them tombstones for a reason.:thumbsup:

 

[beppington]

Scars add character ... no??

And wounds provide good stories.

 

[nike]

Just tell him you are going for a facial, and by the way you have up'ed his insurance.......:thumbsup:
You could also start talking about what he wants done with his cremated remains, smells like cooked pork./
Sorry to be so blunt, too many people die from jobs that should be left to the professionals.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Girl, sometimes you need a "bigger" stick. Some, hmm "cough" men get hard headed as they age, so it takes "more" to get through. You have no doubt realized by now, we already know everything, right!

It sounds like she found the bigger stick... the folks on TBN. Endearing how she's invited the tractor buddies to help talk some sense into said un-named handyman.

 

[crazyal]

Not that I would but I worked with a guy who could touch 600 volt lines to check if they were live. His body had an extremely high resistance. We actually checked it (can't remember the number). I on the other hand was not blessed with high resistance and need to be very careful, lol. He often would work in panels live because he felt there was no danger. Luckily he never got a face full of arc flash.

 

[2manyrocks]

Double whammy: got caught in the first place and then the MRS. posted it here. :ashamed:

 

[boggen]

your all scared of 220 or higher *bah* i am scared of static shock. about dropped me to my knees earlier today. 110 or electric fence is not that bad. but boy in through right arm, out through the left arm, poor heart skipped a couple beats.

pulling hard board 3" insulation off of a metal trailer. *has learned his lesson the hard way today as he screamed like a little kid afterwords as i pried my arms and fingers back together from the jolt*

 

[Treemonkey1000]

I respect it all because at the end of the day I want to go home to my daughter and take care of her instead of her taking care of me. I have to work in live power systems testing and troubleshooting at times. You don't get a second chance with some of them. These systems will run small buildings. Then we test High voltage supplies for insulation testers. Not a lot of current but up to 50,000 volts. That will make you wet your pants.:confused2: