Well, this escalated quickly
Posted Feb 10, 2020, 9:59 AM UTC
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Damn. He even turned the sun off with that stunt.
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I think the arcs were so bright that it damaged the camera and made it have a dark tinge to it kind of like when you stare at the sun and it leaves purple spots.
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Body Massage!
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Looks like he burnt the sun out with that one
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He just triggered an event
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That guy is incalculably lucky he didn't have a hand on it when it grounded out. Inches from death.
But why didn’t he get a shock before? Does that yellow suit isolate him?
It's really hard to say since the video is difficult to see what's going on specifically. With that much current a thin rubber glove probably isn't going to do a lot. Remember, lightning travels miles through open air. More than likely, the insulation on the line itself is what saved him. When the exposed conductor hit the ground the show started. Had he held that wire any longer the insulation would have nearly instantly melted and he would be steaming.
I thought he was still holding the wire when it grounded though? He's holding the wire with his left hand from the start and even throws the wire away after all the flames
It looks to me like the electricity had an easier path to ground than going thru him. Before it was on the ground, idk why he wasn't being juiced. Maybe the rubber suit+his shoes provided enough resistance that the electricity didn't flow through him to ground. Once the wire hit the earth, there was a low-resistance path to ground, and the electricity took it. But the size of those arcs suggest really high voltage... so I'm also confused.