Audiophile Electrocution

I once leaned on my bench supply and put the palm of my hand across the 450V B+ rectifier diodes and grounded chassis.

It left a mark.

I once leaned on my bench supply and put the palm of my hand across the 450V B+ rectifier diodes and grounded chassis

Ouch! That makes two of us. I got hit in the air (ark).

I got hit with about 500v once, not a good time, it instantly burned my skin to the point it was a dead dry powder where the contact was made. I jumped, or rather it threw me a few feet back, the hair on my arms was standing straight up and I just plain didn't feel like myself for a few days. Muscles were sore, my head felt funny, and the actual spot where it touched hurt a lot.

What happened was a tube amp blew a tube and in the process popped a fuse as well. The fuse was hidden inside the amp, so of course I unplugged it and took the bottom plate off the amp. I see the burned fuse and like an IDIOT test one side of the fuse, no juice. What I failed to think about was which way the circuit ran, I tested down stream, there was still power left in the caps upstream - I won't make that mistake again. So I have my arm resting on the chassis(ground) and put my hand in there to pull the tiny little fuse and that's when I got it, but I did get the fuse out so all was not lost. But I was too shakey for the rest of the day to put the new fuse back in place, that had to wait a day.

Now I am much more aware of testing and draining power with resistors before I do anything dumb. The 500v's was a guess the manufacturer came up with when I told them the story.

Any long-term effects, tireguy? Run faster? More virile? Able to predict the future? See through doors?

His real name is Edgar Cayce Jr.