Farmer zapped with 50,000 volt power cable

Omg, that's so scary. I'm glad he's okay.

Man, his guardian angel did some overtime that day haha.

Oh... wellies is short for wellington boots... _

Damn I bet his glad he has those boots!

i think the metal tractor around him had more to do with saving him than did his boots. its simply the path of least electrical resistance. the tractor tires probably exploded because the electricity had to go through them to reach the ground. I'm amazed that a cell phone would actually work in the middle of an electrified tractor though. lucky farmer.

Wellies... beautiful AND practical.

technically, if you are electrocuted you are killed. he was electrically shocked. bzzzt! lucky guy regardless.

The reporter surely didn't do his/her homework. First off, on a powerline, there are protection relays. In this case, the Phase Loss relay would have kicked out in 5-10 milliseconds after the line break, then if it would have failed to disconnect the line voltage, the underfrequency relay would have done it or the Ground Fault relay would have kicked OFF the main feed in a matter of milliseconds. The farmer might have seen the cable land on his tractor, and thanked Christ he was wearing rubber boots, but no way this line fell on the tractor live. Probably residual static, that I could buy, 50K... [More]