Thanks for all the replies. Perhaps this is a good time to bring up a question I posted a long while ago and never got a satisfactory answer: How do most people get shocked in general? In other words, what is the usual current path? Let's say that I grab a hot wire with one hand and I am touching a grounded case with my other hand. Well, then its obvious. Back in 1955, Hurricane Hazel came through North Carolina. The eye of Hazel passed directly over the town I was living in. During the fist part of the storm, the neutral power line coming to our house came out of a screw connector at the house - thus we lost 110vac. There was about a 2 hour period of calm while the eye passed, so my Father decided to fix the problem his self. He knew that holding the neutral wire was not a problem - as long as he did not touch one of the hot wires. Up on a ladder, he was finding it hard to pull the neutral wire hard enough to get it into the connector. Suddenly he found himself with the neutral in one hand and a hot wire in the other. He could not let go. Fortunately, he had enough presence of mind to kick the ladder out from under him. The fall was enough to break his grip on the wires. He only suffered a broken foot (and probably some pride). By the time they returned from the hospital, the local power company had restored our power, since he was injured. I was only 4 at the time, and Hazel probably is my earliest vivid memory. My Father is 75 now and doing well. Here's hoping that Floyd (and Gert) miss NC - not that I willing wish ill-will on SC or Georgia! David V. Fansler (Burlington, NC) Network Administrator AutoCyte, Inc. 336-222-9707 Ext. 261 dfansler@autocyte.com Now Showing! www.mindspring.com/~dfansler Updated July 13, 1999 Thanks for all the replies. Perhaps this is a good time to bring up a question I posted a long while ago and never got a satisfactory answer: How do most people get shocked in general? In other words, what is the usual current path? Let's say that I grab a hot wire with one hand anf I am touching a grounded case with my other hand. Well,then its obvious.