Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
That was a few months ago now, it didn't throw me, but after I "released" I had to lay down, and the floor was good enough for me.
Felt it for almost a day in muscle aches and pains.
As a kid I played around with electricity *a lot*. I've felt the force of 220V (UK where I grew up) then 240V (Australia) and it wasn't that bad. I believe the rest of the world went with a higher voltage because although higher voltage gives you more of a jolt, the current is proportionally lower and is less likely to kill you (it's current that stops the heart and damages the nerves). If it weren't for this I'd have won a Darwin award at about 3 years of age.
EDIT: Maybe it's all those jolts that made me a sewing machine collector
