Angry Wife Booby-traps Husband's Powertool

crazy-ass ho! she could have just cut his brakes in his car...

How are powertools related to computers?

ah come on, is nice to now and then hear something like this for a mini break from working etc and between computer related articles

They are both tools with power?

Tom's is not always about computer. it's about technology and hardware.

HAHAAH YESSSSS PWND N00B!!! that guy deserved it! too bad he didnt die that would have made this article that much better. those 2 deserve eachother for sure. failure guy that cant figure out OH DUR DUR LOOKS LIEK MAH WIRERZ HAEV BEEN SWITCHD!! and failure woman DUR DUR I BET NOBODY WILL SUSPECT ME OF TEH CRIEMZ!!! loollllllll and to top it off, i bet she cant even play crysis.

Maybe the wife's earlier actions were the reason for him leaving.

She should have been charged with attempted murder.

I imagine next week, there will be a similar article detailing how he snuck into her house, went into the drawer next to the bed, and booby trapped *her* "PowerTool"(sic).

Yeah, bitch be crazy.

Agreed.

At some point they probably owned a computer. It seems thats all it takes to make a Toms story lately.

awwwwwwwww all the white knights around here gave me thumbs down. i guess you just cant handle the truth, that people with this much fail in their brain deserve all that natural selection has to offer.


PWND WHITE KNIGHTS!!!!!!!! HAHHAHAA

It was actually 240V. In the US, 240V 2 Phase power is supplied to residential dwellings. 240V/2 = 120V just like in most outlets in the house. I'm not sure where the common misconception of 220V comes from. A quick shock of 240V shouldn't kill anyone and charging that person for attempted murder for a little 240V zap is ridiculous. I've been zapped by both and while 120V is a minor inconvenience, 240V isn't worse. If she put water on the floor under the saw I could understand it. On the other hand, that must have been one heck of a table saw to use 240V. She got what she deserved. Electricity can be very dangerous.

she should of just put sugar in his gas tank, that would of been an expensive bill. Especially since she lives in the mountains, im sure her ex probably had a fuel injected diesel truck. $$$$

No. She should have not done anything illegal and worked on self-improvement.

Two wrongs don't make a right. They make a cold night in jail or more.

Havoc, what mountains? Olympia has one hill and alot of muddy bays...

Washington = Snow, car + snow = stuck, you need a truck?

Sugar doesn't dissolve in gas. The worse that would happen is a clogged fuel filter.

"I'm not sure where the common misconception of 220V comes from."

It of course comes from the 110V legs derived from 220V mains....and that is more historic than specified today (many an old appliance was labeled 110VAC and 220VAC in the past). It matters not since thought the spec is 120V/240V measured losses, even with once properly coded wire, could result in lower RMS potential at outlets and especially when sharing service with other loads up and down the line.

As for the danger of 240VAC (which is closer to 340Vpeak to peak certainly can be more damaging than a lesser voltage (not that the voltage is the point). The higher the voltage potential, when from a relatively unlimited source, the more current can be induced between the points of that potential be it a heater or electrochemically sensitive human heart or brain. This wacky b**** wasn't playing pranks if she picked not only a high voltage device but also one other related dangers of saw blade kickback etc.

"that must have been one heck of a table saw to use 240V"

Any cabinet saw that doesn't use 240VAC is a toy (3HP 240V saws aren't terribly expensive and are common even with amateur woodworkers). 240V motors suffer less from I^2 wire loss (especially on startup when they draw the most current).

What about porns that Tom's always also relates?

It would have been funny were it not for the fact that the woman could have killed her husband.

The word "Booby" in the title tricked me into reading this article.

Jane is in Europe, she probably mixed it up with her native 220.

As some one who has been hit with 220 (soaking wet standing in a puddle with no shoes on.....) I can attest that yes she should have been charged with attempted murder. I got lucky and have the constitution of a vending machine but it still did not feel very nice lol

Actually, 240V can be just as deadly as 4000V, especially when it's coming from an unlimited source. Infact working with household-electricty is much more dangerous than high-voltage lines, since a high-voltage line will typically throw you off whereas lesser voltages will only make you seize up. What if the man's hand hand seized and he couldn't let go? Even leaving that possibility out, it could still kill you on contact - it's just your luck and how the electricity travels through your body.

For example you might be left handed and for whatever reason your right hand is resting on a metal table, making it the path of least resistance compared to your rubber-soled tennis shoes. The electricity would cross directly over your heart. Even at 240V this can kill you. Will it? How lucky you feeling?

Oh yeah, re-wire my power tools. Okay. I'll just do a little re-wiring of "some other tools". You know the ones that vibrate

I meant to add 240V isn't too much worse. After I posted it I realized I couldn't edit my post. It is true that if he used both hands it would have went through his heart rather than down one side of his body if he used one hand. Potentially 50 mA can kill someone which I assume you already know. I made some generalizations and I should have clarified more.

Volts are one uncomfortable thing, but it's the amps that would have killed him. If it were somehow setup to arc through him from one arm to the other, he'd probably be a gonner.

I never see news on here about the latest power ratchet or belt sander at harbor freight though...