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TheLastStraw

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This is an idea I've had after hearing a story about a lineman that was shocked and killed by power line. From what I've heard the voltage is so high it's pretty guaranteed to take you and then you will be falling down after the shock. It happens so fast and with such force you will be dead at the speed of light, faster than your brain could detect any pain signals.

You would just have to be at a pole that has no one nearby in the country side and be physically fit enough to make it up there, you might need some climbing equipment as well.

I am starting to like this more and more and was looking for the thoughts of the rest of you

"It's important to understand the extreme electrical voltage from power lines. Typically, it's between 4,800 volts and 13,200 volts. For comparison, the voltage used in the electric chair for death penalty situations was between 5,000 and 200 volts."

 
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ShadowOfTheDay

ShadowOfTheDay

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You might save some money on a cremation, since the job would already be halfway done.

Furthermore, if you do somehow survive, you may find that you no longer wish to ctb, having successfully performed a DIY ECT session, without all the hassle of trying to go through your health insurance.

Moreover, you can scratch the monthly visit to the tanning salon off your calendar.
 
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whatever1111

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i love how creativity and Intelligence creep into everything hehe. cool idea
 
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lemmeeleev

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Never heard of this before. It sounds like we might have a new method! Where's the mega thread for powerlines now? (I'm just kidding, we need more info and no one has died from this method as far as I know) If I was fit enough to do this, I would.
 
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Dead beat dad

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In the 80's in the UK there was a TV commercial campaign to stop kids playing around power lines, I remember it quite well. A kid kicked a football in to a fenced off area and another kid went to get it and ZAP!
I reckon the mortality rate here will be pretty high but you are likely to piss a lot of people off when the power goes out, and there may be protective devices and things that might prevent access (at least in the developed world), I think I've seen pics of people from India, who have been standing on a train and touched lines with effects like you've described.
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BaronVon

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You cant just touch any wire and die , you need to make a path ( being you ) for the electricity of one wire go to another wire or ground.
 
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JazzyWolfWhistle

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Deathaddict.com has videoes of people being electrocuted.
 
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TAW122

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This sounds interesting, but given the amount of physical fitness needed to scale and access power lines (let alone proper equipment and knowing how to do it), it would still just be an idea to ponder at this point. Like others have said, most developed nations have safeties and what not, and also what @BaronVon said is true too as the science behind it makes sense, especially how electricity travels.
 
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This is an idea I've had after hearing a story about a lineman that was shocked and killed by power line. From what I've heard the voltage is so high it's pretty guaranteed to take you and then you will be falling down after the shock. It happens so fast and with such force you will be dead at the speed of light, faster than your brain could detect any pain signals.

You would just have to be at a pole that has no one nearby in the country side and be physically fit enough to make it up there, you might need some climbing equipment as well.

I am starting to like this more and more and was looking for the thoughts of the rest of you

"It's important to understand the extreme electrical voltage from power lines. Typically, it's between 4,800 volts and 13,200 volts. For comparison, the voltage used in the electric chair for death penalty situations was between 5,000 and 200 volts."

There is no evidence that getting electrocuted to death is painless. Don't do this method unless you don't mind possibly have your nervous system fried. I would compare it to getting burned alive to death but quicker. Do you really want that?
 
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