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Subject: Re: electrical  deaths
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"john larkin" <JL@gct.com> wrote in message news:iv1dkj1d8qa5cvm4r5b7mbehcot0lnd057@4ax.com...
> https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-rates-from-electrical-injuries-per-1-million-population-European_fig1_221916189
>
> The US (0.63 PPM) is probably low partly because we have mostly 120
> volt gadgets. I usually wire boxes hot, and get tickled now and then,
> no big deal.
>
> Some countries are astounding.
>

240V AC never did me any harm.

I first remember it when I moved a lamp in the loft (attic) which my father had left there with the base off with live contacts 
exposed.
It was unpleasant but not harmful. I only just manage to avoid putting my foot through the ceiling.

Later I was moving out of a flat (apartment) and we couldn't find the keys to turn the power off.
The removal guys refused to disconnect the cooker (stove) live so I did it for them.