Taking high voltage?


Question:
About ten years ago I was working on an electric piviot sprinkler and asked the guy working with me if it was turned off at the pole. Well it wasn't. 480 volts to be exact. I was thrown about 30' and would have gone farther if I hadn't knocked the guy down.

My question is, Can anyone tell me what the long term affects are and how much longer will it be before it gets the best of me? I am starting to have trouble with my joints. If some one is doing a study on this I would be interested in knowing about it.

Answers:
First of all, your joint problems may not even have anything to do with this. You might just be starting arthritis or fibromyalgia.

Gosh, I wouldn't even know where to find out this kind of information. I used to work for an electric utility company but I don't remember ever seeing this kind of study even though our company lost several people because of failure when they were working on lines at tops of poles. You're probably just going to have to try different word combinations and use the search engines on the internet to find out. Maybe one thing you can do is contact General Electric to see if they have any info. Try their website at www.ge.com . Good Luck!

Other Answers:
Ever think of getting an opinion of a Doctor?
I think your Reality Department of your brain
got short circuited. No offense.

My guess is that if you have problems from this, they would have shown up right after the experience, and then gotten less and less as time went on.

Rather than there being a delay until you started experiencing the side effects.

But I am no expert, so the best thing to do might be to do take the advice of those above, and search out a professional who has experience working with people who have experienced electric shock.

Bob J.



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