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[Irving]

The 11000v ones? I'm told they don't feel of anything.. your nervous system is fried so fast you don't have time to feel... as I understand it you end up with neuropathic nerve pain as the brain tries to make sense of the silence from the fried nerves...

[Burgerman]

Once threw a branch at one while walking the dog. From a safe distance. Took about 20 goes or so, kept hitting one wire. Quite hard to do as they are higher than you think. I was about 12. It was 11kv I think. Three phases on a pole above a hedge. That was quite exiting. Nothing much happened for about 10 secs. Just started steaming and glowing a bit, laid on top. Then it went really really loud and bright. And flashed, buzzed, arced, banged for about 60 secs. All the wires shook. Then it fell off. Don't suggest you touch one because that looked pretty violent... It certainly made me more aware of them. Kind of had a fascination with power lines since then.

I was wondering how a carbon fishing rod feels

[Burgerman]

One reason I dont mind spending on decent multi meters, is that I used to use cheapies. And had several 3 phase pottery kilns, with 440V elements etc. These were truck sized, and I made the mistake of assuming that cheap Chinese meters rated for 600V safety, actually were. I had one explode and arc in my hand just on 440V AC. So do not believe it! Nobody hurt but with 3x 250A fuses on the large kiln there wasn't much trouble smoking it in a second.

My flukes are tested and safe at 600 and 1000V and I trust them. I wouldn't even use a cheap Chinese one on the 240V mains we get in a house.

Having had this happen I know its very real. Not a way to sell meters. Transients or spikes happen! It was a busy industrial estate. Interesting reading here: https://www.grainger.com/content/safety ... multimeter

[Burgerman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEoazQ1zuUM well worth watching. Cheap meters tested and blown up! By fluke.

[Mark]

Sincere thanks BM for writing this and posting the video link. I don't mind paying for good quality and reliability, but I still have several cheap Chinese meters..... After seeing this I won't ever put them near a mains supply. I have 440v 3-phase here also.
Would it be possible to extract the last few posts and put them under a more descriptive header? Just to get wider reading?

[Burgerman]

Not sure where!

But watch this in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfnEuRA7-vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jpwGTy66g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-FZP1U2dkM

[DaveC56]

If anyone missed that one I have a 2007 VMI conversion LHD 937 miles £13,495 ono see post on here for detail, dont be put off driving LHD its not an issue.