Hee hee! Sounds like Darwinism at work... Some species emerge from the water and then continue evolving, some emerge and, well... -Roman Richards, Justin P wrote: > > Since stupid human was mentioned below i just had to share my story... > > When i was quite young I thought I knew a bit about things electrical, so > nearing xmas the tree was up and the lights were yet to work. > > So fresh out of the swimming pool, still wet and sitting on a concrete floor > I thought it was time to fix em. > > I read the voltage on the bulbs, 14volts. Ahh I thought that cant hurt me > so I began to insert wires so i could work out which bulb was open circuit. > > Yes you guessed, I got a very good 240v shock, but i think the bigger shock > was that my assessment was soooo wrong. > > Took me many years before i discovered exactly why i got booted. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.