Can You Get Electrocuted While Welding? Watch This...Don't Get Shocked! 

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Thats why they can make up to 300k in some cases even more a year still no thank you if i had nuts thats big id sink to the bottom of the ocean

I once did some welding at home in the rain with a 220v welder. The input switch cut all power in off position so I turned it on and off with my foot, I was using totally soaked rods that were in a bucket of water. I put a rod in and turned the switch on with my foot being careful not to touch anything else. It worked okay but I sure had to be careful. A my job I have a tig welder that has high voltage start circuit capable of arcing about 3 inches. One time due to a cracked up gun casing and not enough black tape I got that high voltage arc right into my hand. I felt like my arm was going to fly off. I once knew a guy that did underwater welding. He said you are connected with radio to guy up top who controls the welder, you give the word when ready and he connects the juice. He said you can feel the charge while you're welding. I don't know how they can do it.

Welding in damp conditions is not fun. Really not fun replacing rods. My elbows hurt thinking about it.

@@Ian-of9oi I would imagine that welding in damp conditions might be worse than welding underwater. Underwater it's all grounded and the whole thing is a path to ground, so I imagine, even though there is a lot of electrons there is an even larger path to ground and it dissipates pretty quickly.

Thanks! I'm planning to make some more videos on safety topics.

Dont worry mate as a beginner you won't be using enough power to kill yourself, main little things to beware of are 1-Playing with the inside of the migwelder whilst its running, cheaper setups can zap you 2. Touching steel with both bare hands whilst someone else is welding on the connected pieces. 3. Touching yourself or changing the stick rod when its on a really high amperage with no gloves on will give you a buzz lol. In summer i weld in a singlet, no gloves and barefoot sometimes when im feeling lazy, its not dangerous at all

@@SH19922x well ... number 2 is wrong we do that all day

That's why it's a trade and not a hobbie you have to pay $$$$$$ to go to school

Its only a problem when you are soaking wet. Usually when your gloves get wet with sweat, most you will do is just buzz yourself if you are holding onto the material while welding or changing electrodes. I hate it but it isnt really painful or anything. The dangerous aspect is working around standing water, in confined spaces where you can get hung up and not get out, or climbing around soaking wet while holding your stinger and ground.

Dear lord

And sometimes it rains. Hard. The family still gotta eat..

While I asked gpt... ''Yes, it could potentially be life-threatening. Any situation involving electric shock, especially when water is involved, can be extremely dangerous. In this case, the individual was working with welding equipment connected to an electrical power source, and the sudden contact with water could have resulted in severe injury or even death due to electrocution. Additionally, being drenched with water while working in a confined space could increase the risk of drowning or other injuries. Fortunately, the foreman was able to shut off the welder before serious harm occurred.'' (because I'm not familiar with the actual threat level)

Getting shocked from sweat is what I hear about all the time. I'm also in Tx (NE Tx). So I've heard about people catching the current through their table and sweaty clothes.

You can be killed by less than 28 volts under the right conditions. Right about where most consumer welders can put out a hundred amps until the thermal breaker trips.

so then the thermal breaker trips, after... potential death?@@stickyfox

Like I just commented. I met a guy who had his contacts fused to his corneas

That's what Old Black Pete the Saskatchewan cattle rancher taught me back when; of course, he did so with a little practical joke that ended with the comment: you kids today, you can't take any current!

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The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." 2 Esdras 2:31

I quit my office job to become a structural welder. 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤🙋🏼‍♀️ I hear you

Thanks so much!

What super powers did you end up with? :D

Lord Rayden@@flightographist

I never thought of it beside it hot while welding haha

Low voltage.

Thanks a ton.

and his life was over. damnit. sorry to hear.

At my job I have tig welder that is quite new. It is usually very kind to me. Sometimes I have to weld things off the table and hook the ground clamp right to them. If I forget the ground, it just makes tiny sparks and not much else. The old machine I had if you forgot the ground clamp it would blast the hell out of you.

lucky to be a alive still. let's Never never hurry. Again.

Thank you for your information. I have a question though: if the path of least resistance is from the welder to the table and you put a stick in the stinger while it is live, why don't you become the new path of least resistance? We are mostly water with electrolytes. Are our shoes the sole (😉) reason we are not electrocuted?

@@rickb2267 Skin actually has a very high resistance so all that conductive material is below our skin , once your skin is pierced or your hands are wet , then it becomes dangerous

@@rickb2267 Good question Rick B. While we can conduct electricity very well, if we are not grounded, we are not a circuit for the electricity. The welding circuit is a big copper conductor from source to ground through the welding circuit. When you stop welding and touch the stinger, the welding circuit is "open" and there should not be a circuit through you to the ground. Now, if you were wearing the wrong kind of boots and standing in water, you would complete the circuit and blow your toenails off and likely stop your heart. I have seen electricians hold a hot, 200 AMP service entry in their hand, with no ill effect, because their other hand was in their rear pocket and their boots had rubber soles. No electrical path existed. So, wear good boots or shoes and when you change the rod do not hold the stinger/rod with one hand and touch your work with the other bare hand.

@@chucklynch8397 "When you ground your work to the welder, you are providing the welding arc the least resistant path from the welder, through the work, back to the welder. This is true regardless of the circuit path, as in electrode negative or electrode positive. This is why, if you are not grounded, you can touch your welding material while welding without getting electrocuted." Thanks for this... this is the single most important thing to understand about electrocution risk.

@@rickb2267 _"why don't you become the new path of least resistance?"_ You can, and sometimes do. When I'm welding in the rain, I'll clamp onto the new rod from where it lays. Just pull a few out staggered a bit, like offering someone a c¡garette in the olden days..

Thanks a ton!

I once welded some stuff in my driveway on rainy wet day. I knew I had to be aware of every move, I wore rubber boots and had wet welding rods. I would turn the welder on with my foot and weld then turn back off before touching anything. It worked out well but I sure had to pay attention.

or cheaper, 'foreign' models where the instructions [for those of us who DO read them] are woefully lacking in specifics.

I can't read Mandarin, and can't afford things with English..

It's how we weed people out.

My instructor told us on the first day that a girl set her jacket on fire and it burned her tits off

This happened to me haha, no one ever told me to stop welding in the rain so... Just kept going.

@@showerball5376 they can weld under water

@@davidjones-vx9ju that's a special kind of welding built solely for the underwater. Of course man can weld underwater but not what I was equip with. What you trying to prove?

@@showerball5376 wet places

@@davidjones-vx9ju dude you are comparing drops of water with a massive body of water.

I got 240 v from hand to hand ,I actually felt my heart twitch ,ouch .No lasting damage thankfully. Keep safe.

@@John-vf5rs Within two years, 100 of the original 100 dead? I wouldn't repeat that story. Sounds like something an electrician without formal training might say.

Technically the correct advice (not necessarily for welding but following on from this post) is to put one hand in your back pocket so you can't accidentally use both hands at the same time, and touch with the back of your hand as this lets you move your hand away, otherwise at certain levels your hand could contract around the conductor keeping you electrified and potentially leading to electrocution. It's also completely different for high frequency high voltage, you will feel the discharge as it arcs through the air but if you touched the conductor you most likely wouldn't feel it as it's operating at a higher frequency than what your nerves can respond to, resulting potentially in internal burns which again you may not initially feel due to lack of appropriate nerves in the area being burned. Also worth noting that a particular electric shock may not be enough to put your heart in to fibrillation it may easily be able to disrupt the operation of medical devices such as pacemakers or hearing implants, and particularly for the aforementioned hfhv shocks, any metal such as plates and screws holding bones together can be a focal point leading to concentrated burns. Electricity is fascinating stuff, and there's so much more to it once you scratch the surface :) Normal water also isn't the best conductor, add some salt though (or seawater) and then it's a different ball game 😉. Stay safe and enjoy!

Working on tube amplifiers the rule is one hand behind your back and a chopstick in the other. Never EVER stick your fingers in a tube amp even after the power has been disconnected as the filter caps will dump +600vAC killing you if you touch em.

@@raychambers3646 your heart probably literally skipped a beat and your lucky to be alive... your heart doing this can put you in to cardiac arrest.

Not an expert but.... Sounds like the ground from the welding machine to the power outlet may have been poor. As far as I know, the grounded parts of the machine and the grounded work should be at ground potential and all the same. There should not be a voltage difference between the grounded work and the actual ground, or the soil, or the concrete in contact with soil, etc. Were the grounded table at the same electric potential as the concrete there should not have been a current flow and you would not have got zapped. Same reason that helicopter maintenance people flying next to super high voltage lines tie off to those lines to do repairs - then there is no potential difference.

Geezers, I am just mystified your even welding with/on a rainwater soaked high-school floor. Correct to say you too were loading the rods with bare hands into the electrode holder & with no PPE like welding gloves. Proper welding equipment could of prevented a circuit from developing. Just a side note, some electrode coatings are more electrically conductive than others. Those rich in iron powder coatings would be prime candidates. Otherwise, coatings have acceptable electrical insulating qualities. Also, solid grounding is vital to isolating a clean/strong arc.

@@miszced nope I was wearing leather gloves and the rain was outside the building. The floor was not rain soaked, the concrete was damp from condensation Don’t get your pantries in a wad. This was 45 years ago and safety has improved.

@@keithsargent6963 and you did a better job explaining yourself than earlier.

@@miszced well as I said things have Improved, BUT when money is on the line companies will STILL try and get you to ignore safety, even today. My son is a professional welder.

"straight to the point" - LOL So was his answer yes or no ??????

Any title with a question, and the answer is almost always 'No.'

Great point! Thanks Craig!

Yeah dont weld in wet with open wounds, or you loose that resistance real quick and electricity gets inside of your body.

During the actual metal rod burning metal transfer is for the biggest part is the safest time of the process. Electricty takes the easiest path. Installing rods into stinger. Holding rod in a gloved hand provides some protection not foolproof. Or having the stinger layed down and rolling over and accidently sticking the rod into you while you are sweaty or wet. That is the most dangerous times. The end of a rod loaded into a stinger can leave a lasting impression on a person when improperly handeled.

The scenario of when it's dangerous is : Any time the machine's on..

Try wearing rubber gloves under your welding gloves Or use an insulated stinger

What if you stand on a rubber mat?

It's a good tingly jumpstart like an espresso red bull

Anyone who welds regularly gets shocks - wet ground, sweat, moisture on the metal, whatever. Most are minor, just a really good reminder to ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION.

on a need-to-know basis, i literally don't need to know about your personal hygene issues.

Thanks Daniel! I appreciate it!

was just a "poke"

This time of year, I sweat a BUNCH when I'm welding. I know that buzz you're talking about. This video will be my reason to take a break more often to stay safe. ✌️👽

@@moshfists the buzz really is from the 50/60 hz of the AC