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dddd
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 3345
Location: NorCal1/14/17 1:44 PM |
Hilarious, that static electricity has some bite to it.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX1/14/17 2:08 PM |
Lot of volts, very little amps. Pretty sure grounding with less resistance near by would render it tolerable long enough to grab the bike.
Carbon bike needed here. ;)
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6890
Location: Maine1/14/17 5:08 PM |
Takeaway
Next time you go riding near a pasture, bring your f*****g welding gloves.
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3236
Location: Midland, MI1/14/17 7:58 PM |
Grounded
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Pretty sure grounding with less resistance near by would render it tolerable long enough to grab the bike.
Never ran that experiment but all my experiences with electric fences suggests that insulation rather than grounding is the way to handle an electric fence.
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PLee
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 3713
Location: Brooklyn, NY1/16/17 8:21 AM |
I'm wondering why the handlebar grips didn't provide enough insulation.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH1/17/17 6:02 AM |
Same here, as well as...
...how did the bike get hung up on an electric fence in the first place?
This reminds me of a story from a friend of mine, who came from a a family of boys raised on a farm. They convinced one of his brothers to pee on an electric fence. He never did that again!
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Jesus Saves
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1150
Location: South of Heaven1/17/17 9:44 AM |
IIRC, I think they were trying to jump the fence.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH1/17/17 11:31 AM |
OK...
...so they really are the Three Stooges reincarnated as middle-aged mountain bikers, as I suspected. ;-)
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Jesus Saves
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1150
Location: South of Heaven1/17/17 11:53 AM |
CAW-rect!
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KerryIrons
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 3236
Location: Midland, MI1/18/17 9:36 AM |
Wet fence
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They convinced one of his brothers to pee on an electric fence
My cousins tried the same trick with my brother and I. As "city slickers" they thought they would have some fun but we never fell for it. Apparently this is a cultural norm among farm boys!
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real1/18/17 6:25 PM |
When I was child and spent time on farms it was always fun to get the new kid to win the pee range contest. The smart boys always fell short while the new kid "won".
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