To repair high-voltage power cables from a helicopter, the technicians need to wear special faraday cage suits, which “is 75% Nomex to prevent him from catching on fire and 25% stainless steel thread.” Video after the break.

The steel allows the electricity to flow around the outside of his suit, completing a circuit, but none of it touches him.

[via Gizmodo]

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