Text Post: What's the closest you've come to a "Darwin Award" death? posted by 90boss

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Cobbydaler
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I was doing some rewiring in the basement of my house when I lived in England. I thought I had isolated the correct outlets and set about cutting the cabling to one. Turned out I hadn't and sparks flew! Luckily I was using cutters with insulated handles...

8 years ago

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- Gozzin
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  That was really a close call.
  
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  - Cobbydaler
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    Yeah, in England at that time AC was 240V.
    
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