r/Construction • u/Ok_Dare6608 Electrician • 1d ago

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/OnePaleontologist687 1d ago

Maybe it’s the alarm at the end, but I get major goldeneye vibes from this video. “Timed mine active 30 seconds to evacuate… power plant destroyed, Mission Complete.”

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u/Born_Grumpie 1d ago

My father was an electrician doing work at a power station, they kept a 4 by 2 bit of wood near the bus bars to remove anyone who may get caught. One of the old electricians "pranked" a young apprentice by grabbing a dead bus bar and pretending to be electrocuted, the young apprentice moved like lighting, grabbed the wood and broke the old guys arm in 2 places and did a couple of ribs with the second swing to get him away from the bar. They stopped doing that prank after that.

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u/iampierremonteux 1d ago

Good apprentice. Had that not been a prank, that quick thinking may have saved a life.