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Something else to malfunction.

You'll know soon enough if there's power without <span style="font-style: italic">that</span>. :devilgrin:
 
"Hey, y'all - watch this!"
 
DrEntropy said:
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You'll know soon enough if there's power without <span style="font-style: italic">that</span>. :devilgrin:
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That's what I'm sayin', ~ALL~ pliers are "voltage sensing". :smirk:
 
You guys don't know a catchy gadget if it bit you in the a$$ :laugh:
 
Never place yourself between ANY conductor and a good ground... or the ~other~ leg of a circuit. Live or not.

Simple rule to live by.

I'll wire up any 110V switch/fixture without fussing over a breaker.

Don't need no steenkin' widget in th' pliers t' tell me it's HOT. I'll assume it IS and behave accordingly.
 
Working at 110V, you may be careless, when power outlets start and 220V and jump to 400V, you do want to check BEFORE you cut. The electricians at work are required to check EVERY wire before touching it with a similar sensor (they mostly use a tiny Fluke tester) I bet they would like an integrated sensor like that.
 
I give 220/440v A LOT MORE RESPECT. :wink:
 
I work around 220+ all the time. Scares the heck out of me
But it ain't the volts it's the amps
 
I've always been respectful of 220 or higher. Priuses have the potential of 600V DC (And some major amps). And there are some beer can sized capacitors under the cover of the inverter. We were issued 10,000 V linesmans gloves to do any HV work on those.
Now I work on the Fanuc Robots. they use 480V A short across those wires produces a plasma arc like the tig welder from heck!
 
Do NOT be th' conductor in that orchestra, Ben. :jester:
 
I've worked in a couple of buildings where they lost an electrician during construction
 
Bad Ju-ju!!

Been bit by 220 ~once~

...Good thing I was young.
 
I got 10,000VDC in one arm and out the other back in the Navy days. Blew the fuse on the big electrosctaic precipitator on the air inlet for the main ventilation on the Sub.
Not fun.
 
My dad had a friend get toasted right in front of him. He was storing light bulbs in the bottom of the main infeed electric box at a gravel plant. his elbow touched the coil when he reached in to get a bulb. dad said he just stopped talking and got a weird grin on his face. when he reached to see if he was ok, it was like he was a magnet. he managed to pull both of them away from the box, but it was too late for Bill the loader-man (as I knew him).
Ever since then, and I was pretty little then, I've had extreme respect for high voltage.
I've been nipped by 220. it hurts. 110/ 120 is an uncomfortable feeling too.
Worst was a multiple hit of 10kv plus off a DIS on a Ford Escort once. that one hurt bad. and gained me the nickname "Sparky" for a while.
Live (luckily) and learn.
 
I actually used to stick my fingers in light bulb sockets when I was very young. I can't explain why, I just did. Now I hate working on anything electrical. Whenever I have to work on electrical stuff, I have to triple check the power to be certain I'm not going to get zapped. When I was in college, we had a machine that used a microscope on it that always had a minor electrical leak to the scope objective. After several shocks to my eyelids, I had to stop using that brand of machine just out of fear. Before I had my bilateral carpul-tunnel surgery, I was required to undergo a nerve conduction study, which is basically getting electrocuted about a dozen times for each side of the body. After that, I've learned to live with pain, rather than ever getting another test like that.
 
equiprx said:
I actually used to stick my fingers in light bulb sockets when I was very young. I can't explain why, I just did.
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'splains a lot right there :whistle:
 
As kids we had old Army surplus field 'phones... crank onna side would produce current to ring a bell down field.

GREAT fun!!! :devilgrin:
 
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