[MarkL]

I was working at a coal fired power plant about 12 years ago, and was told about a contracter there who made a serious mistake, figuring that he had a few minutes before the control room would "switch on" the gas turbine and start generating electricity. He got hit with over 20,000 amps (not volts... AMPS!) coming directly off the generator (it's nearly a 700MW generator). There wasn't very much left of the guy, certainly not enough to perform an autopsy.

Mark

[MarkL]

Damn... It's too early for me to be posting...

gas turbine and start generating electricity. He got hit with over 20,000

Not gas turbine... Steam turbine. And it was over 15,000 amps, not 20,000.

Sorry.

This is what happens when you can't sleep, and try remembering stuff from 12 years ago.

Mark

[reagan_fanatic]

A good friend of mine is an engineer at the local radio stations in my area. About 30 years ago, he was learning the ropes from the fella he was going to take over from and who was going to retire. One day, this old fella had gone to the remote transmitter site to do some readings and didn't come back when he was expected to.
When my friend went out to check on him, he found him up flat against the grid, nothing more than a blackened corpse. He theorized that the old guy must have gotten spooked by a mouse or rat and fell into the grid.