So i put the light in place, connect one lead, then go to connect the other and ZAP!!!! I was standing next to a metal counter so the juice actually arced out of my ass cheek and onto the counter.
So often i'd have to short things to trip the breaker to make sure they were off.įunny story about being shocked.there was a neon tube that got broken, so i disconnected it and took it to a sign guy to get a new one made, when i got it back i went to install it.and i get behind the counter and start reaching and realise i didn't turn off the window lights, so i yell to one of the kids behind the counter to shut off the switch and he said ok. Yeah i hate working with electricity.when i used to be a tech at chuck e cheese.none of the breakers were marked, and some things were on wrong circuits then they should have been. Care should be exercised to prevent the two conductor ends from touching each other at the tongue, for if they do a spark can result that may burn. Where a terminal of the battery is grounded, often a taste can be detected by standing on moist ground and touching a conductor from the other battery terminal to the tongue. With voltages of 4 or 5 volts, due to as many cells of a battery, it is best to test for the presence of voltage by holding one of the bared conductors in the hand and touching the other to the tongue. The taste is due to the electrolytic decomposition of the liquids on the tongue which produces a salt having a taste. If voltage is present a peculiar mildly burning sensation result, which will never be forgotten after one has experienced it. Where the voltage is very low, the bared ends of the conductors constituting the two sides of the circuit are held a short distance apart on the tongue. The method is feasible only where the pressure is but a few volts and hence is used only in bell and signal work. The presence of low voltages can be determined by tasting. (This and several paragraphs that follow are taken from Electrical Engineering).ġ55.
Use the method with caution and be certain that the voltage of the circuit does not exceed 250 before touching the conductors. Which are the outside wires and which is the neutral wire of a 115/230-volt, three-wire system can be determined in this way by noting the intensity of the shock that results by touching different pairs of wires with fingers. Therefore, the method is not feasible in some cases. Some men can endure the electric shock that results without discomfort whereas others cannot. This method is safe where the voltage does not exceed 250 and is often very convenient for locating a blown-out fuse or for ascertaining whether or not a circuit is alive. Electricians often test circuits for the presence of voltage by touching the conductors with the fingers.
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