In the moment you can take a leaf or 2 chew it, and put it on burns and scrapes, not on open wounds for it will heal the top skin too fast and not let it heal down deep.
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THANKS for the Tips on home supply DIY burn fix, I looked on line about electric burns and not sure, but I thought it said don’t put sauve on it, though that leaf trick would probley help draw out any infection from the internal burn…THE blisters almost gone day 6- and I can use my finger lifting strength with out much hurt, so I GESS its healing fairly fast. THE burn is actually created from inside of finger, I think,anyway, and it felt like my whole finger tendent was locked up or froze like in center for about a good 3 inches long. seems I got light up worse this time than other 2 or 3 times over the years. first time I went to doctor, and he said it would heal on its own in about a week or 10 days. I think this shock will be 2 or three weeks before it is total back to no notice. I must have been grounded good when the hot mig wire went through my leather glove,into my finger, I might have beed using that hand too steady the mig torch handle,while welding.
You can see the hole the wire went through in the second
pic.
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I don’t know how or why it works but we have this Chinese burn balm that works amazingly well for superficial type cooking burns. I am a huge doubter of herbal stuff but it does the trick for both pain and healing.
I can’t check the label right now but it I think it’s “Ching wan hung” brand which is available from Amazon at least. Ours is in a squat tub with a green top. The balm itself is brown and has a funky medicinal smell. You don’t need much so one bottle is basically a lifetime supply at the rate we get burns.
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I googled electricle burns,blisters and it said don’t use sauve, though that sounds good for regular burns, this burn was from the electric current, from shorting the mig welder wire feed, at about 150 amps 30 DC volts, and maybe a few AC volts if and AC is trickling through my old welder DIODES. THE leaf method BOB menchined might be better in some cases,I USUALLY USE manuka honey, it seems to do the trick on normal burns or cuts, THOUGH I am all out of manuka honey, so I used some bee wax I had in the drawer. and it even cooled the blister heat feel. 9 DAYS it’s almost back to normal, as bad as they feel first 3 to 4 days,you would think your shocked area might need amputation, though in another4 to 5 days they seem to sort of slide back to normal. Still feel like blister on top 2 section of finger, about 1/8" deep, though it is able too lift much more weight,so tendon is mostly healed too.
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In my teen years I came across a free standing spot welder in an art studio after hours. I was all alone and didn’t realize what the tool was for. I thought it was supposed to manually dimple metal sheet. I brought the electrodes close together with the foot pedal before pinching them between my thumb and index finger. Then I pushed the pedal down all the way.
There was a buzz and quick sting between my fingers but fortunately I still had them attached. I looked to see what caused the pain and saw that I had vaporized a narrow line/channel across the top layer of skin on both sides where the current travelled.
Kids are stupid… including this one right here.
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IT don’t take much some times, with projects lined up in every direction, and just a frack of a side track, and boom, the arm came down before you realized what was happening.THAT surely had you thinking, maybe amputation, by all the swelling I bet you had.?
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I should clarify - my fingers were on either of the electrodes as they came together, not in between them. I was still bridging current but across the skin rather than through the full thickness of my fingers.
I was super lucky and the current only flowed on the top layer of skin. I walked out a little shaken but totally fine: no swelling or scarring even. Again - super lucky.
What did change is that I found new caution around unfamiliar tools!
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The battery in the opel goes up to 12.8 volts when charging, but immediately drops when I try to start to 10.3 volts, do you have any tips how I can fix the battery?
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Is it a flooded cell battery or a gel sealed battery?
If it is flooded cell and you have a stick welder that puts out Direct Current you can try to revive the battery by applying the welder for a very short burst at low amp setting. Take the vent caps off when doing so and top off the water if it is low.
I think you have a dead cell in the battery so it might not be repairable. I have the same problem with my Kubota it sits for long periods of time and goes through batteries.
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I’d install a master switch for something like that.
I put one on my lawnmower way back. That way i can cut the batt feed. It didnt have a parasitic draw, but i did have little kids that would crawl on and mess around, end up leaving they key on and I’d go to use it and find a dead battery.
Yes, i could have just pulled the keys. But chose not to for fear of misplacing them.
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