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I'm Danny man I work with a Department
of Mines Melanson energy division my own
today I want to show you the power of
electricity you need to know the the
hazards of electricity I'm an instructor
I trained new electricians I want to
show you a couple of things that I will
make sure that I don't do and one is is
my jewelry I have a ring I don't have it
on because I'm of those presentations
and my watch I'll take it off because it
will conduct electricity so we're going
to step it up from 110 volts to 15,000
volts now in doing this I have to make
sure that when the power is on that I do
work my protective equipment so I've
taken the ring off I've taken my watch
off and I'm gonna put my safety glasses
on here to make sure because any time I
do this kind of work I'm only used
safety glasses so I have my safety
glasses on then I have my gloves that
are rated for high voltage you notice I
have a long-sleeve shirt on it's very
important that you protect your clothing
yourself with the proper clothing
preferably something of a cotton nature
if it's polyester it will burn I'm
protected here I've got my long sleeves
on but jewelry off safety glasses on and
we're ready to go here and see what
happens when we play with electricity
just a little something I use at home
it's a tick tracer okay and so when this
thing is so sensitive it's around
electricity it will alarm well I put out
so much voltage here that this thing
will create a magnetic field this thing
will pick up on it
so I will start by showing what happens
here just metal pompe truck and this
thing is a representative of Co hauler
or Rock hauler and it will show you that
you don't have to get have to touch it
to have power on it and this truck will
see me late he's loaded and he has to
dump and we've had a lot of accidents
were that that trucks will dump and
they're too close to a power line okay
even as close as five feet marks across
and does a lot of damage I'll show you
what happens when I attempt to dump this
truck
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you think something like water okay just
a jar of water you would think water is
being it's probably as a conductor but
let's see what happens here this this is
connected to F and see if it will
conduct through the water
you out in the lake if you have a
lightning strike close to your boat then
there's a good chance the possibility
general execute it one more thing the
kids love when I go to the schools going
to do this and I call all of them I say
you're all waiting you're a weenie this
is you okay it has skin they've have
tissue inside muscle on stuff that's
what it's made from
just a regular hot dog weenie so let me
put my safety protection step back on
I'll not do anything unless I am
protected okay and right now we don't
have any power anything so I'm gonna
turn this thing on you see what happens
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as you can see detect your finger the
part of your body
I'm not touching it look what's
happening there's something else here
that is pretty amazing this is it's
departmental nose pliers
he has insulation on it so I should be
protected right well it is if I'm in
doing something troubleshooting with
power on it and I probably tack protect
it to a couple hundred volts but a 220
volts but it's not it is not good enough
for high voltage so let's see what
happened I'm gonna go to the insulating
end of the pliers here needlenose pliers
and see what happens
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even though it's insulated it will go
through something like this people get a
false sense of security because the
handles are insulated here's the metal
here's the insulation on it and these
things are protected when they're not
one more thing I want to show you just
to simulate this as being a tree and
this tree it's just a lamb I broke off
out here in the yard doing this with the
lamb you can see where that miss could
cause the whole time
don't forget when you walk around
lectricity the use your safety equipment
your gloves your glasses and never
forget the power of electricity
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