I thought I had food poisoning after eating at a burger place in Pensacola Fl I went to my friends muffler Shop Georges Muffler to change some pipe locations while I was there I felt tired and got dizzy for a minute then I felt better went home and found my wife had the flue. so it was not the food after 2 days flue was gone but I was running slow next day I drove to Eargent care and I was admitted in to the hospital I have just come home I was only in 2 1/2 days they put in a pace maker other than feeling like a pin cushion I am running better any one welding with a pace maker in them
Glad to hear they fixed you up. Hope you continue to feel better. Pacemakers require some care around things, like microwaves and maybe welders too. We wear name tags at work and they are held on by a magnet. One guy put on his name tag and was getting weaker as the day went on and finally they had to call 911. Turns out the magnet on his shirt was screwing up the signals.....once it was removed he started to come back to life. Don
about the same thing happened to me 2 yrs ago. over about a 3 day period i kept feeling bad, finally had to go to the hospital. it took a little longer-about 2 1/2 weeks. I came out with 3 byp***es & a new valve.It was kinda ruff for awhile but doing much better now.hang in there you'll be better than you were in notime
I brought this up in another forum and basically was blown off.... for what it's worth, even speaker magnets can affect you if they're big enough. I have a pacemaker/ defib , all in one, nothing technical to say but be careful
I worked with an older gentleman that had a pacemaker, he wore a small lead apron over his pacemaker while mig welding, but wouldn't go anywhere near a Tig with high frequency. I don't know if I would bet my life on that lead apron, but he didn't have a problem from it. He said a microwave was a lot more dangerous than a mig welder. (frequency, not amperage was the problem)
thanks I was just walking around shop I have to make different fuel pump bracket I am not going to get tired
check with the manufactor of your pace maker some you can weld with some you cannot. i would not want to do trial and error
Our neighbor Walt had one for decades. The guy worked around his property non stop every day till he p***ed at 95 years young. I'm glad your still sparkin! I think his was a "Pertronix" brand...
How Ironic. While lifting at the gym today, an older gentleman started a conversation with me. I always enjoy talking to these guys between sets... I hadn't seen him in a while so I asked where he has been, (expecting a vacation story) he told me. He had a pace maker installed a few months back, and everyday on his way to work, (engineer) he gets light headed and weak for a few minutes.... His wife made him tell the doc....SO like a good husband he did. He said he was rushed to the hospital in a NY minute.... all tests, 2 days worth came back he is fine. He got released, and on to work, once again feeling light headed and strange.... so he kept a log.... turns out, everyday when he drives on Mogadore rd near 261 it starts, LOL..... It was the High Tension lines over head..... As he drives toward them it starts, under them is bad, then drives away the symptoms subside....
I had one installed in April and asked the doctor about welding. He had taken one home and did some welding to see what happened, it was not effected. So I tried welding (Lincoln ac225) 50 amp 220 outlet . I check my heart rate before and after, It hasn't affected it yet. I do not weld for more than thirty minutes at a time. hope this was helpful Gobel
I red the manual from Boston Science and it said 24" away from ? it did not say arc or machine checked the web sight came up with same thing have to weight for doctor visit
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