How come you ain't dead then?
"Electrocute" - compound word made from "Electric" and "Execute", sometime in the late 19th / early 20th century.
In general usage meaning *lethal* electric shock.
"Fred Abse"
** A childhood "near death experiece" might explain a lot.Then Graham IS always exaggerating...
.... Phil
Hi Graham!
I have stucked a knitting needle into a wall-socket when I was five. All I can remember is, that it made BANG... and I have thought I am in an other dimension (dizzy, with much headroom). Pheew... The next time I had contact with ~8y... don't ask me why I have put my fingers into the "empty" lamp-socket of my desk-lamp :-).
Kind regards,
Daniel Mandic
Was I 'electrified' instead then ?
Graham
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In my case it was a hair clip of my mother's I used. In my 20's I did once unintentionally touch the terminal of a valve amp storage cap desite leaving it off for some time intentionally to let the bleed resistors do their work ( obviously inadequate ). I got a severe surprise and a tiny brown dimple burnt in the tip of my right index finger IIRC. A pair of pliers went flying too, luckily just missing a window.
Transistor amps ( of the wattage I design ) are more forgiving. It's just a bit of a tingle with them. I was well known in the lab for going "Oooh !".
Graham
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I guess you momentarily became part of a circuit which fortunately became open circuit before your fuse blew!
In the words of my old dad, You got a clout!
Ron
Or maybe you did actually die but didn't notice, and you've been walking around as a zombie ever since...
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