Timothy Raines
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Hello all.
I'm a beginner welder and just received a very mild shock and am confused as to how it happened. The shock was to my hand and was not painful but enough to get my attention and a case if the tinglies. The relevant details were ad follows:
-Brand new Hobart Handler 140
-Very sweaty hands.
-Wearing thick welding gloves
-Holding welding gun in right hand (button not depressed, not touching lead or wire).
-shock received when I grabbed the ground clamp with left hand. Shocked only the hand.
I don't see how I completed a circuit if the button was not depressed and/or I wasn't touching the gun lead or wire. I can see how sweaty hands could provide a conductor and have resolved to never weld with sweaty hands again but I would still like to know how I was shocked. My initial guess was that I dragged the gun cord over a hot weld and melted it exposing a wire or something but I found no damage.
I know I was stupid. I just don't know how.
Educate me
I'm a beginner welder and just received a very mild shock and am confused as to how it happened. The shock was to my hand and was not painful but enough to get my attention and a case if the tinglies. The relevant details were ad follows:
-Brand new Hobart Handler 140
-Very sweaty hands.
-Wearing thick welding gloves
-Holding welding gun in right hand (button not depressed, not touching lead or wire).
-shock received when I grabbed the ground clamp with left hand. Shocked only the hand.
I don't see how I completed a circuit if the button was not depressed and/or I wasn't touching the gun lead or wire. I can see how sweaty hands could provide a conductor and have resolved to never weld with sweaty hands again but I would still like to know how I was shocked. My initial guess was that I dragged the gun cord over a hot weld and melted it exposing a wire or something but I found no damage.
I know I was stupid. I just don't know how.
Educate me