Can you get shocked from Welder?
I have a mig welder with flux core wire. Can you get shocked from holding the metal you are welding?
So you would have to touch the actual wire and the metal..? Or does the shock travel through the "handle"
Yes but it doesn't happen very often.
If the metal is wet or damp you may get shocked, same as with wet gloves.
Welding in the rain can be dangerous, a welder in my area was killed a few years back welding in the rain, apparently the electricity burned a hole the size of a golf ball out the side of his neck when he got shocked.
It only takes .5 miliamps to kill a human, and you can easily be working with 100-400 amps when welding for if you happen to become part of the circuit you might be in trouble.
I have been shocked a bunch of times before, usually it just feels like touching an electric fence.
P.s.
A mig welder is pretty safe, your not likely to electrocute yourself with one, usually people get fried using stick because your that much more exposed to a potential path of electricity, I wouldn't worry about getting electrocuted with a mig welder, the gun is insulated and if you have gloves on you will never get shocked from the work piece or your bench.
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