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Have there been any reports of injuries or fatalities of, say, lorry drivers when changing a blown light bulb on a 24 Volt D.C. lorry lighting system in the rain?


Z.

I have been told of of electrocutions on military vehicle electrics, which are more like 28V when in motion, but only in terrible circumstances, where the victim is already badly injured as to provide a low impedance subcutaneous contact, and to be honest death from blood loss was probably inevitable and  speeding it up may well have been a mercy.

We have no compunction about having parts 28V apart exposed outside to touch at bumper height for jump starting and emergency power on big vehicles like the wolfhound or mastiff.  The centre hole in one of these will take a finger as a loose fit... I do not imagine either of these are situations that really apply to the original post.


M.

Zoomup:

Have there been any reports of injuries or fatalities of, say, lorry drivers when changing a blown light bulb on a 24 Volt D.C. lorry lighting system in the rain?


Z.

I have been told of of electrocutions on military vehicle electrics, which are more like 28V when in motion, but only in terrible circumstances, where the victim is already badly injured as to provide a low impedance subcutaneous contact, and to be honest death from blood loss was probably inevitable and  speeding it up may well have been a mercy.

We have no compunction about having parts 28V apart exposed outside to touch at bumper height for jump starting and emergency power on big vehicles like the wolfhound or mastiff.  The centre hole in one of these will take a finger as a loose fit... I do not imagine either of these are situations that really apply to the original post.


M.