"First death from Bitcoin mining"

[Shrek]

I am guessing a lot of us will extend the 220V to the garage when we finally get an electric car.

 

[R-T-B]

Did you do that for giggles or was there a science methodology behind the effort?

Did it for an article here:

Confessions of a Crypto Miner: Efficiency

Welcome back to Confessions of a Crypto Miner… my bi-weekly column about a crypto miner from 2013 trying to get caught up with the latest standards. I'm presently mining and reporting to you from a dual GTX 1080 based rig mining zCash. In the last entry, I got my hardware & software set up and...

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It was dissapointing really. Nearly within the margin of error. Maybe a worse quality PSU would've made a difference more.

interesting thing is, even a 12v car battery can kill you in the right circumstances, they have 300+ Amps

Heck, the ~1.0-1.5v lines in our CPUs push a ton of amps too. By virtue of the watts needed.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I am guessing a lot of us will extend the 220V to the garage when we finally get an electric car.

Until they come up with a battery or supercapacitor that will allow for the 400 to 500 mile range I get now and fully recharge within a 20 to 30 minute time period, I will be staying with internal combustion for the foreseeable future. Electric vehicles need to be a tangible upgrade from gas/diesel, not the massive downgrade they currently are.

However, we're off-topic...

 

[Shrek]

They can make ICE sports cars seem lame... for some that is upgrade enough.

Ah yes, off topic.

 

[yotano211]

Can i get an F in the chat for this guy?

"F"ried

 

[Mussels]

Ah yes, fine journalism there.

 

[Bones]

Eeeek! Even household voltage is a killer. People take for granted the safety features that keep even 120v from killing people left and right. Ive been bit by that. Its no fun. Glad to be here. Sometimes those voltages are deadlier, because people underestimate them.

My dad caught 277v phase to neutral off of the 480v 4 wire... industrial lighting. Threw him into the wall instantly. Like a 300lb bouncer. Lucky it didnt grab on.

Exactly how I got the 277v treatment.
Higher voltage tends to knock you away, lower voltage wants to "Grab and hold" you.

It's also fact as little as 0.250mA can kill with the right voltage behind it.

Grab hold of the plug wire in a newer vehicle while it's running, be ready to get carted off in an ambulance in most cases.
Those were packing around 60,000v from the coil pack back in the day and could potentially remove things such as.... Fingers.

Yep - Grab the wire, take a finger on your other hand, watch the spark jump from this finger to a ground and THEN watch how the finger "Explodes" like a hotdog you forgot to poke holes into while nuking it - And it can blow it right off too in some cases.
Guys used to do this way back when points-based ignitions were common, it was after these coilpacks came out a few tried it that way and paid dearly (Painfully) for it.

And that's from something back in the day (Early-mid 90's), voltage and amps from coilpacks in what's new today are even higher now so just imagine....

I dunno - Grab the wire and go pee on a metal fence maybe?
Just be sure to hold it steady.....

 

[eidairaman1]

OK shocked, because I'm still alive.

What is the difference between shocked and electrocuted?

Many people use electrocution vs shock interchangeably. But the difference between an electrocution and an injury from an electrical shock is literally a matter of life and death. ... An electrocution means that a person has died as a result of an electricity

Yup thats right.

Exactly how I got the 277v treatment.
Higher voltage tends to knock you away, lower voltage wants to "Grab and hold" you.

It's also fact as little as 0.250mA can kill with the right voltage behind it.

Grab hold of the plug wire in a newer vehicle while it's running, be ready to get carted off in an ambulance in most cases.
Those were packing around 60,000v from the coil pack back in the day and could potentially remove things such as.... Fingers.

Yep - Grab the wire, take a finger on your other hand, watch the spark jump from this finger to a ground and THEN watch how the finger "Explodes" like a hotdog you forgot to poke holes into while nuking it - And it can blow it right off too in some cases.
Guys used to do this way back when points-based ignitions were common, it was after these coilpacks came out a few tried it that way and paid dearly (Painfully) for it.

And that's from something back in the day (Early-mid 90's), voltage and amps from coilpacks in what's new today are even higher now so just imagine....

I dunno - Grab the wire and go pee on a metal fence maybe?
Just be sure to hold it steady.....

Coil near plug are low tension ignitions, the old distributor was a high tension system, same with magnetos

 

[qubit]

What a horrible way to go. RIP dude. I agree that no one deserves this for mining. It's not a crime after all.

Also, this is a typical inaccurate Daily Fail article: computers don't explode ffs. He probably had a damaged mains cable with the wires exposed. That would be enough to do it.

 

[freeagent]

I am not a big fan of mining because it affected me in the way I couldn't afford a new GPU

But this kid didn't deserve to die, he just got complacent. And shit like that happens when you take things for granted.

If he was your buddy some of you wouldn't have said what you did.

It really is impressive to see what a standard breaker can take though. That is brave.