Chad Gilbert lead singer of the band New Found Glory grabbed the mic between songs and discovered he was being shocked and couldn't let go. He survived but it was serious.
Here's the story.
Here's the story.
Chad Gilbert lead singer of the band New Found Glory grabbed the mic between songs and discovered he was being shocked and couldn't let go. He survived but it was serious.
Here's the story.
Interesting, they keep blaming the microphone, but it's quite possible (likely, in my experience) that the mic was correctly grounded but his guitar amp was not...
John
Yeah it makes more sense that the problem is coming from the amp, although if it was enough of a shock that he was unable to move, that sounds more complicated than just a typical bad ground problem.
I'm definitely not an electricity expert but I seem to recall from a first aid class I took long ago that you aren't likely to get that locked muscle can't let go effect from normal 110 voltage.
So does being sweaty make a huge difference?
How much difference is there in resistance from person to person?
I have to give the author of the article credit as they do not actually say it was an electrical shock or due to the mic but rather that "it appears the beloved Chad Gilbert has collapsed on stage after suffering an electric shock" and "The band are yet to say anything on what went down but witnesses claim Gilbert suffered an electric shock due to poor wiring from his mic...". It's almost as though they know enough to avoid jumping to any conclusions. It is the performer's tweet that is worrisome since they do seem to assume the problem was the microphone and that going wireless will protect them when as the lead guitarist it is much more likely for the problem to be associated with their guitar and amp and that any low resistance ground path might give the same result. I just hope they don't figure that out the hard way.That seems to be the only plausible cause. However, if you were media, with no electrical knowledge, and heard that someone grabbed a microphone got shocked, youd say it was the microphone. You wouldn't even think to blame something else, even if it doesent make sense to people with a knowledge of electricity and sound equipment
So help me understand the death cap issue a little better. What kind of caps are we talking about? Electrolytic or ceramic disc? I've often seen ceramic disc caps connected from line directly to chassis in older equipment. I've never heard of one shorting out, but I suppose it is possible. If it did, the chassis would be at the same potential as the side of the line that shorted out, so potentially 120 volt. However, I have had electrolytic filter caps short out many times, but they are usually connected to the secondary of the transformer after the rectifier, not line to chassis. If an electrolytic filter cap shorted out, you'd know it; the amp would be NFG (pun intended)!
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