What's your funniest short circuit mishap?

[Alan]

You know that moment when you’re working on something accidentally touch the wrong wire and get a little zap? It’s quite the surprise! What’s the funniest short circuit mishap you’ve ever experienced?

 

[Tovaren]

I was messing with a lamp I was building and yeah didn't unplug it. Got a little shock and dropped my screwdriver like a dummy. Now my family won't let me live it down, always joking about how I tested the electricity.

 

[capacitorkid]

There was this time I was fixing up an old RC car, right? Well, I mixed up the wires, and bam! The thing just took off like a rocket and flew off the table. Luckily, it didn't break, but it was so funny watching it speed across the room while I jumped out of the way.

 

[barfle]

I lived in a house that had the strangest wiring plan ever, so there are a few stories to tell, but this story is about two outlets on one wall, maybe six or seven feet apart. We had some very pretty sconces (with switches) that we wanted hung on either side of the window, with a simple line up the wall from each outlet. I flipped the breaker, knew it was off, and went to work. Got the first one wired in and started disassembling the other outlet and discovered in the painful way that it was NOT on the same breaker!

Who builds houses like that?

 

[Alan]

Yikes! That wiring is definitely the kind that makes you want to double-check everything, it's unbelievable!