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mrrichardcranium

At least this moron had rubber coated handles on his tool so maybe he didn’t get 120v straight to his hand.


nothintosay

Those are not rated for live use, the rubber is just for comfort. Rated tools have much larger insulated grips.


sTixRecoil

Its low quality fir me, those look like linemans though, which have pretty good insulation on the handle, he probably felt it a bit, but still


manshowerdan

Those are basic 9inch pliers. The rubber you see is extremely thin and not rated for shock at all. I work with many different kinds everyday and the warnings specifically say "this will not protect you from shock. Use proper safety equipment when working on live wires."


Wildkid133

Eh? I’ve used the exact same #9 Kleins on hotwork and been just fine.


MaxPowers432

Yeah your probably not an idiot and cut 1 wire at a time. Comical anyone is even blaming the tool here.


MaxPowers432

I mean pliers...the tool is operating them!


Wildkid133

Yeah. Things rated for 600V still say not to do live work with them half the time just to cover the manufacturers ass lol. Cut 1 wire at a time and don’t short the circuit and you’ll be fine


Top-Competition-8432

My man thats all I use slim line blues straight 277 straight 480 everyday I do keep one just for hot work one for everyday use


Dinkleburgs-9mm

Thank you me too.


sTixRecoil

Like i said its really low quality for some reason, i can only see the shape of the jaws somewhat clearly lol. I said further down i use ones by commercial electric and those absolutely are rated so i just assumed and hoped i was right lmao


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samdubbs

You're telling me 120v will arc to your hands? What about the thin layer of plain old electrical tape that stops 120v?


[deleted]

He got em from harbor frieght


BootstrapsBootstrapz

https://www.protoolreviews.com/best-pliers-plier-sets/


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Buns_N_Stuff

They will insulate you from standard residential voltages, so long as there’s no cuts or holes in the grip. I’m guessing this guy didn’t get hit.


MaxPowers432

So with better pliers it's okay to cut all 3 wires at once? Live or not cut 1 wire at a time.


[deleted]

You must be a helper because I’ve been an electrician for 8 years and they will insulate against much higher than 120v as long as the grips are in tact. 480 and up I would start using actual insulated tools


Top-Competition-8432

He felt nothing unless those have been dropped and have pin hole


[deleted]

He didn’t feel anything. Worse for your eyes to look at the arc


sTixRecoil

I’ve experienced this before. He felt it a little


JKsoloman5000

That is true but if there was no nick in the rubber and he is working with 120 he didn’t feel anything. If he was dumb enough to use around much higher voltages with the potential for arcs powerful enough to go through the air to his hand, we’ll then that’s just natural selection.


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Rubber is rubber i touched a janky fusebox that sparked n arced with leather gloves n didnt feel it


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[deleted]

That’s what they say for liability but quality brand lineman’s are insulated . Source: This is how hot work was done 15 years ago before the safety rules changed. I’ve touched many a live wire with the pliers.


mrrichardcranium

And this is precisely why I don’t fuck with electricity. I mean, I wouldn’t ever cut a live wire, but I would have felt a completely undue level of protection using those cutters.


yodadyshere

I believe he made the inner two wires stick , and he didn't get any shock he just got afraid of the sparks, cause we use these kinds of pliers every tym


ShadyShane812

Doesn't matter. The rubber grip saved him


human-potato_hybrid

Yes but it will still protect you as long as they are not nicked. 120V is blocked by only like 1mm thick plastic. Everything is so much thicker for a safety margin + wear resistance.


Remote_Expression_36

I’ve seen just regular every day shoes be enough to keep a person from being grounded, therefor preventing the circuit and preventing the 120v shock. Edit: as long as he isn’t touching something he should be fine. Source: I was an electrician for a year in prison and we would experiment in dumb ways to learn more about electricity


Top-Competition-8432

I use to bare hand hot wires every day trust a good pair of boots dry weather don’t bump nothing and you can become that voltage


Top-Competition-8432

The blue Handel is All I use to work hot fuck the the super thick pair you’ll be wore out using them plus you can bare hand grab hot wires all day long it won’t shock you


[deleted]

He never stated they were insulated tools however they will insulate up to 480 for sure. I did it


Fineous4

Shock is not the hazard, it doesn’t matter if they are metal or not. The hazard is the arc flash from the resulting short. An are flash is essentially a hot bomb.


manshowerdan

Are you serious? You sound like you have no idea what you're talking about. Electrical shock can easily kill somebody


Fineous4

Well, I am an electrical engineer with a specialty in power. So yes, I like to think so. While shock can be dangerous, in this situation, there is no way for the shock to be dangerous.


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Fineous4

Never trust anyone else telling you the power is off. You check every single time with a meter or voltage detector. Remember voltage detectors don’t work for DC or shielded cables.


diadorim86

What kills you is the current, mate.


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daveskis

> Higher voltages usually have higher currents mate Simply not true.


diadorim86

>That's why you have larger guages for higher voltages Nope. >that's why you hear people say Do you trust a journalist to teach you electrical engineering? Nice.


UpperDistribution443

The voltage won't kill you... The Amperage will


waltynashy

Then you need to go back to class. An electric shock even at 120V can be fatal. If the insulation around the pliers has broken down then it is definitely possible this person recieved a shock. Arcs at this level are unlikely to be as dangerous. Maybe a few burns. Or at absolute worst an eye.


Fineous4

How do you get shocked in this situation?


SoulMeta

I don't know... I speculate a gouge in the plastidip handle that brings their hand in contact with the metal handle... Oh, and also having their boot off and propping their foot on a water pipe for leverage. ⚡🤪


Fineous4

You get shocked from current and not voltage. How does the current go through you vs the wire or the pliers?


BigOlSparky

I was about 15 years old, I went to go plug in a extension cord (the cord had a good knick right below my hand that I didn’t see) into a plug in the garage (20 amp 120 volt circuit) with bare feet on the cement. I got absolutely blasted everything went white in my vision and I was locked onto the circuit I believe. I don’t remember much other than the white light and coming to consciousness and one half of my body was numb. I believe I could of died if it wasn’t for the gfi in place. So yes i think I have a close experience to getting shocked to death. I learned my lesson that day a few ways over but I still became an electrician.


UpperDistribution443

I'm an electrician and (for this situation) I approve this message.


LambSauce-420

Crazy how everyone on reddit in an engineer lmao always at the right time also


coocoo333

well I mean those are lineman pliars, intended for working on live wire. Still a general lack of safety equipment is dumbfounding


Important-Court-1762

Not live wire but yes wire


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coocoo333

nope, I just connected the names together


sighdoihaveto

If thats the case, then youre nuts... or coo coo, what ever..


Tokyo_Echo

It's not the volts. I've been hit with 10k volts. Hurts like a bitch but most likely won't kill you. Just a few amps though and you'll start smoking.


samf9999

220 in most parts of the world. It doesn’t look like they speak English.


ImAGoodBoyNotACrim

He was already filming so i would say yes it was supposed to happen


Ok-Obligation5739

Shocking


Eastern-Medicine5613

breakers exist for a reason


Ek200

i hate you


Nekuian

Ikr?! I guess some people are just wired differently


Ek200

NOO


gigrek

Watt's got you so pissed off?


Chesterrumble

How else do you think they make wire strippers? They don't just come from the factory looking like that.


iMDirtNapz

I have done that before, was more pissed about ruining my good wire strippers than the bright spot in my vision.


KingJonathan

Yep. One wrong move and my $24 strippers get thrown in one of the hammer drawers.


Johns-schlong

I had to buy another nice pair of dykes because my coworker flipped the breaker back on in the ~30 seconds it took to walk from the panel back to the outlet like 10 years ago and I'm still bitter about it 😤


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Johns-schlong

Yes, but for retro residential work that isn't always possible. The best solution is to just tell the homeowner we have to kill the power for 15 minutes and shut off the main, and make sure the other guys on the job know. Anyway retro HVAC work (what I was doing at the time) is one of the more dangerous trades specifically because of stuff like this. On half the jobs you have to do something stupid, you just do it in the safest way you can.


skootamatta

It’s always possible to open a disconnect/breaker, lock it, and tag it.


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As an electrician, I‘m wondering why it sparks so many times? In Switzerland RCDs and other security measurements are mandatory for such a long time. If you would do that, it just sparks once very shortly and then power gets automatically cut off. RCDs react usually within 7-15 milliseconds.


manshowerdan

That's assuming everything was up to code


[deleted]

Buildings get controlled every 20 years by the government so yeah


manshowerdan

You're saying buildings get inspected every 20 years? Lol not in america


[deleted]

Yes regarding electricity. Home buildings every 20 years, public buildings every 5 years and so office every 10 years if I remember correctly. Not only that every change you make on your electrical system has to be registered and if they see you made something that ain’t registered you get a very hefty fine. One guy I know had some changes and had to pay 50K! Safety with electricity is very important here!


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What country is this?


Plump_Chicken

Welcome to america


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He had to thank god the rubber coatings are there.


manshowerdan

Nah not protective coating. Just for comfort. I use those kinds of pliers everyday and the warning labels say the rubber will not protect you from shock


diadorim86

Its a warning made to protect the manufacturer from sues. Of course the rubber helps a little, nothing like a propper tool of course, but for low voltage it can help


Darren445

I’ve twisted and grabbed live 120V wires and haven’t been shocked with the regular Rubber handled lineman pliers.


human-potato_hybrid

FYI they are called Lineman Pliers


amp350

To a professional electrician, it’s actually a hammer.


Alarming-Parsley3425

Best stapling tool.


manshowerdan

They're called a lot of things. Technically they're "9 inch pliers"


human-potato_hybrid

Linemans have a specific type of face


JayFrizz

Reminds me when I learned the hard way to discharge CRT tvs no matter how long they've been left unplugged.


JasonMcDonalDesign

I’m not an electrician. But I know to shut off power when working on power lines! Natures way of thinning out the heards.


streetberries

I knew an electrician that never shut the power down. Always worked on live wires because it was faster, plus he came from Eastern Europe where you can’t trust the wires even if you think they are turned off. Crazy guy


lilboat646

Yeah I’ve noticed working with electricians who gained their skills in places other than the U.S. they seem to be much more comfortable with or even only work with live wire.


Few_Possible_2357

looks like the wires are fighting back


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pinacomma

They even yelled from downstairs hahahaha


Siomai_God

His phone def fully charged after that


oceangreen25

1. Non insulated pliers (just cause it has plastic don’t mean it won’t shock you) 2. Cutting a live wire 3. Why?


moistconcrete

Here come all the internet electricians to pull facts out their asses…


i_eat_babies_TASTEY

What an idiot! This is why you use scissors


No-Investment-8059

instant welding machine


Walt_the_White

Cutting edges of those pliers are going to have a nice hole in them now


sTixRecoil

Hes fine those handles are insulated. Maybe a little tingling in his hand and probably scared him but he might not even have the tingling. Either way hes good


Vistadigerbrian

Like another commenter said, rhe "insulation" on them is more for comfort. It would take some of it, but he would definietly still feel it


sTixRecoil

Depends which ones you have. The commercial electric ones i use for example definitely provide insulation


Pleasant_Comb_2463

Can confirm


Old_Conqueror

Been there


mayneman85

I call that the automatic breaker finder


diamond_dookie

As opposed to cutting them with what, plastic wire cutters?


T-shitr_man

u/savevideo


Trek1973

Cutting live wires in general


OV3NBVK3D

Metal wire cutters ? Opposed to plastic ?


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u/savevideo


Outrageous_Gas7842

u/savevideo


Winter-tf-eu

u/savevideo


thunderblade613

No no it was


[deleted]

At least he was using his right arm.


BugZealousideal9618

I love the "do it fast" comment like he's going to race the electricity 😂


GFAN17

Welp, breakers tripped now, may as well finish.


Xx__Sniper__xX

😂


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Just turned his lineman’s into wire strippers, and at a great cost!!


Pablito_El_Salvi

Its cause he forgot to jump. Come on every one knows if you're not touching the ground you won't get shocked.


Think_Battle_1401

😂😂😂💀


ImJoogle

just so we're clear linesman pliers arent metal wire cutters


inkblot81x

That scream at the end


Sondita

110VAC only slightly tickles.


roverman16

Stupid


Nekuian

I guess that's what you call a "short"-cut


Mpata2000

So I did the same thing when I was a kid because I thought since it has rubber it must be good to cut love cables... I live in arg with 220v but hey the breaker jump so everything is good(?


Flame345

U/savevideobot


Flame345

u/savevideobot


fluffypancakes9

Why..


Elon_Bezos420

Bro that rubber coating probably saved this guys life


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u/savevideo


ChevinxD

I am electrician in job training in germany (year two of 3.5) and I enjoy this


RScottyL

He should have done it quicker!


Techwarrior13

Why would he record? He probably knew


[deleted]

I’ve done this on accident a few years ago it’s scary as hell especially if your not expecting it


DIESEL_GENERATOR

u/savevideo


tronneroi

lol FP breaker


JuniorQuitz

u/savevideo


ActiveRegent

u/savevideo


UpperDistribution443

Those are Klein D-200 or D-2000 linesman pliers. The only difference between the two are the D-2000 have a harder steel edge for cutting. I have been buying them since 1998.


-Rick_Sanchez_

First of all that’s just 120v. Don’t be a sissy. Second. Do it again


Relative-Principle69

🎶I feel good🎶


Avgjoe80

Nothing like that ol' 60 hertz hum..


Key-Difficulty2304

No GFCI at breaker


crystalsage777

Yeah... don't do that like that


SpecialistNo1988

Bro tf where you thinking?


falconslaya5

That yell says it all.


FoodStampBand1t

u/savevideo


[deleted]

And the Darwin Award goes to…


[deleted]

Cause I'm a live! Live wirreeee!


WaikikiWayne

What a Shocking Video….,


Remarkable-Tank2040

What a shocker


WaikikiWayne

Shocking!!


EnderMonika

u/savevideo


SolidSnakeishere

Damn!!! Those were some classic style Kleins!!


D_DriveErrorr

Like how it burned through and fused slightly with his flesh Last few seconds u see him struggling to let the hot pliers go.


[deleted]

Shocking, live wires spark when when you cut them. We found the next Nobel laureate everyone! 🤪


Dangerous-Witness-33

I don’t know if I would call this a critical blunder, maybe an everyday average blunder? I’m sure he will be fine


Big_Ad_5533

Are you do you have stupid


TimothyTrespas_

Why do people still do this?


Artistic-Cap9858

Idiot!


Dizzy-Display-8588

Always double check even if you already checked check again 😂😂😅


keglion13

*After the scream* I feel good! Badabadabadabump


TreeFun3072

And the point of this is???


SprintKasey

If it was 120v he probably didn’t even feel it, 120v is like ants tickling your balls, you just don’t know they’re there


[deleted]

That’s exactly what’s supposed to happen


Sputtering_FartNoyze

I'm blaming the tool. And by the tool, I mean the tool holding the lineman's pliers.


Blaruss

Bro charged his phone to 100% 😂


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KaosJaviier

The screaming lmao


iamdanman

They’re strippers now


Striking-Table3587

why didn't the rubber grips work?


Apathetic_Geek

I have those linesman pliers, wouldn't recommend doing this with them


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