spot welding electrocution while testing the machine

[@tswvlor9877]

One thing you didn't seem to realize is that you're playing with electricity, but you're also washing or wetting your hands and the welded metal loop.

[@taranta]

That's why what happened to me, thank you my friend.

[@MONTES262011]

Sin palabras con este señorito!!! !

[@MarterElectronics]

You did not get electrocuted. The voltage is way too low anyway for that. You just pinched the 2 materials right below your fingers, which made contact. You basically burned your fingers, not electrocuted

[@taranta]

My friend electric chair kills with two joules.

[@ginnis_14]

@@taranta 2 joules is not the correct way to measure an electric chair since it is continuous power. The joules would basically be unlimited because that power could be provided indefinitely. You would use joules or measure a capacitor because you can plug in how fast that energy is released. In order to receive a shock you have to touch something with enough volts to overcome the high resistance of your body. Using ohms law, V=IR, using 10v for the average spot welder, and using 10k ohms for body resistance, only 1mA will flow, and according to this chart, www.asc.ohio-state.edu/physics/p616/safety/fatal_current.gif it is barely even perceivable. Using the upper range of spot welders, 35v there is 3.5mA, still too low to get a shock.

[@taunteratwill1787]

@@taranta Are you feeling alright? 😂😂😂

[@stevek5416]

NEVER weld zinc plated steel without FIRST removing the plating. If that white stuff on the end of your electrodes gets in your lungs, not reading the instructions will be the LEAST of you problems.

[@taranta]

Thank you, that is something i don't do a lot, but Zinc in small amount is good for you body.

[@stevek5416]

taranta - Not in your lungs.

[@Dixler683]

☠️Steve K…you are correct regarding the zinc oxide formed when welding zinc plated steel. It is not good to breathe but the dangers are overblown. Your body needs trace amounts of zinc for a healthy immune system. The real danger is from the cadmium that often contaminates the galvanized metal. It burns to a yellow powder and that is the stuff that will harm you.

[@davidmaes3253]

No electrocution, just burned because the weld happened between your fingers instead of between the points.

[@SCHRE1END]

-Se electrocuta +tengo que leer el manual 🤣

[@FreundCarlos]

Ok, thank you very much. I do not like to use protection wear, specially the gloves. After I watched your video, I sure I will wear them.

[@taranta]

Your welcome.

[@StevenCookFX]

You should read the instructions. Useing water like that around electrical equipment is bad idea. Also is that galvanized metal? If so you should not breathe the fumes as they are toxic.

[@taranta]

My friend I do not think it is toxic, it is galvanized with zinc, zinc is a nutrient.

[@wesleydoreste7684]

You're supposed to spot weld the metal not your fingers

[@mike289homebuilt5]

concerns first - the arc from the screen to your thumb looked like 120v. Is your electrical outlet wired bad or is the device faulty internally. Thank you for interesting post as many of us plan to get a cheap spot welder.

[@taranta]

I don't know friend! Direct current also makes a good arc flash. The electrical extension is almost new and the outlet has good ground, but the machine i not know but I have never felt an electrocution again.

[@xmatthewlive6542]

A spot welder work with very low voltages ( 2 - 4 volts ) but uses amperes for melting conductive metals and solder them together...

[@xmatthewlive6542]

The Spark Is not caused by the voltage but by the current

[@taranta]

@@xmatthewlive6542 yes by the amp.

[@SkaterStimm]

The tool is on a metal table and you are leaning on it using no gloves, of course you are grounded.

[@taranta]

Thank you my friend, that was why I made the video so that others do not commit the same mistakes that I did and do not go through the same or worse.

[@frotobaggins7169]

path of least resistance.

[@eladmen5226]

Voltage is floating with no relation to ground. omg ppl, if you don't know don't talk with such confidence.

[@morgan2373]

So there's these things called gloves.

[@245Raghu]

Is this available on Amazon. Plz share the link to buy online. I live in India.

[@taranta]

Yes friend, if it is available in amazon, but I did not buy it in amazon, it is better that you look in amazon for better offers, when I bought it it was like in 2017

[@Nirotix]

Not like I know anything being a J sheet metal worker, but haven't you ever heard of gloves?

[@taranta]

Yes, I heard about the gloves, but I didn't use them, that's why I made the video so that others don't make the same mistake I did.

[@PTinvest]

Good , can you show what inside

[@taranta]

Of what? My friend.

[@sureshpatnaik5191]

Why don't you mention, where you purchase ?

[@taranta]

My friend, why? Is better you ask me! I bought it on ebay, but they sell it anywhere online, also they have in Harbor Freight store.

[@sureshpatnaik5191]

@@taranta share link

[@taranta]

@@sureshpatnaik5191 I can't because eBay closed my account, look for a spot welder and many places will appear where they sell it with different prices, Amazon has many.

[@foxwood67]

You'll live..... This time. Water and electricity no bueno

[@deadheadliving]

Gets burnt uses water and continues...😂😂

[@gotzolones]

Agua -humedad y electricidad al lado mal asunto. Por encima la soldadora por puntos encima de una mesa de metal.

[@taranta]

Tienes razón, en una mesa de aluminio.

[@eCitizen1]

Haha, your title might scare people who don't understand how this machine works. What you got was a slight burn from the arcing. The voltage is too low to electrocute someone.

[@taranta]

Yes it is possible, but i burn my finger, no one would want to burn that way

[@i.e.loscabitosinicial-cuna613]

Solo te quemaste donde lo estabas agarrando es donde hizo el contacto antes de presionar bien la pinza y no te electrocutaste solo te quemaste.

[@taranta]

Amigo, parte de la electrocución es el calor que genera, fue donde hizo la chispa, saludos.

[@rondill8429]

Know how to use a welder before ya get BURNED !!!

[@basavarajkurtkoti2642]

I want one machine

[@Vitalman]

Se te van a salir las tripas por ahí, jajaja

[@taranta]

Jajaja..

[@sumitpatel963]

Please share link of the machine

[@ulisesaranda7549]

Pues claro si la base donde esta o la tenias montada es de metar y al tocar la palanca del transformador ovio que ivas a hacer el cierre de un circuito 👏👏👏🙈😁🤗😊

[@bhimgavnekar2103]

आपसे बात करना है नंबर दीजिये

[@wallyasia]

no fue la corriente burrro, solo que cerro el circuito en la parte que tenias apretada por los dedos

[@taranta]

Walter y el circuito cerro por agua, por aire o por la corriente electrica que sale de la maquina, explicame eso que no entendi esa parte, saludos.

[@albertoluisfernandez2889]

Estuvo haciendo corriente en todos lados no hizo falta que apretara

[@albertoluisfernandez2889]

Los dos metales estuvo sosteniendo y los puntos de contactos hizo en muchos lugares

[@taranta]

@@albertoluisfernandez2889 si se vio la chispa en casi todos los lugares, saludos.

[@RandomakerYT]

Ouch

[@hardiksavaliya4522]

Praise

[@taranta]

Thanks

[@tariqnawaz5849]

Rs.

[@ulisesaranda7549]

Usa una base de madere y monta la maquina hermano y puedes usarla sin necesidad de gantes ovio que es precausion pero si te digo algo en si no te devio pasar por eso pusiste la maquina encima de unabase metalica y fue mas que claro eso

[@فيصلالسرحان-ب6ف]

()امركي يباني ()

[@taranta]

کیوبا امریکایی

[@emanueleredaelli7827]

Link vendor?👍🏻

[@taranta]

No, I bought it online

[@jaytee3472]

@@taranta can you provide the link.

[@taranta]

@@jaytee3472 It is that I bought that machine in 2018 and the seller does not have it, nor did I have an account with them, but if you put, electric spot welder they will get many options, Amazon online and harbor freight have it available in the store.

[@lambuana]

Hahahahhaha

[@avijitdebnath3263]

Which online market

[@taranta]

ebay

[@taranta]

amazon have it too

[@avijitdebnath3263]

Plz link

[@SLIDEWAYSLIDEWAY]

LOL just get another Mexican if this one kicks the bucket! 🤣

[@taunteratwill1787]

This guy is a clown at best. 😎

[@taranta]

Why?

[@taunteratwill1787]

@@taranta Ask yourself why 1/3 of your thumbs are down. Then review your own video as objective as possible. 😂

[@abqgolfer]

Welding, electricity.....no instruction needed......DON'T have or use WATER.....water AND electricity don't mix.....uhhhh...maybe think about using some rubber and leather gloves.

[@mcac-youtube]

You are wrong. The error was he did not press the two materials under the electrodes, than the current flows under his finger.

[@vasilevasy]

Vaya torpe eres 😆😆😆

[@eladmen5226]

You cannot get electrocuted by a spot welder working voltage, just like you don't get electrocuted when touching a 9v battery or a car battery. The fact that the welder can output huge currents isn't relevant because the potential (voltage) is what determines the amount of possible current to flow through a conductor (that includes a human body). You start "feeling" AC voltage around 60-80v and that's when you conduct less than 1mA (because you cannot conduct more in that voltage, you are a resistor). Spot welders work around 24v and less, more to that - AC spot welders has an isolated secondary in the transformer - the output voltage is not in relation to earth ground, you cannot short HV to ground on the output (the device is internally grounded so even if the insulation on the primary is defective, it would trip a breaker). This video is a clown show.

[@taranta]

I wasn't going to answer you because I don't like disrespect, but I'm going to answer. If you saw the video, you saw what happened, do not write without having seen the video and if you saw it, before answering, look online for sources that report on the basis and do not read from anyone. The browser looks for the answer that you want to see. That happened to me and it is in the video, 2 amp is enough to electrocuted. I looked for this on a government page and here it is: Completion of Circuit through the Body If a person touches a live conductor, current may flow through the body to the ground and cause a shock. A person may get an electric shock hazard if incidentally the hands or other part of the body create a bridge between the welding supply (e.g. the live welding electrode) and the welding return (e.g., workpiece) of the welding circuit/equipment. Increased electrical contact with the ground increases the risk of shock.