----- From: "Lawrence Lile" <llile@

> NEVER believe that the power is off. Even when the switch is off and the
> fuse is out. (Especially so if you didn't wire it yourself). I have been
> standing on a stool working on a light in such a situation and felt the
> heat

The saying the power company uses is "Not Grounded Not Dead", when a high
tension line is cut an adjacent line can act as a 1:1 transformer inducing
ten or hundreds of Kv into the "open" circuit.

A common practice in (secondary side) electrical work is to short the line
before working on it, this trips the breaker. It also makes it easy to find
the correct breaker. I often put a warning sticker across the breaker panel
door to prevent someone from opening the door and re-setting the breaker,
then go to the circuit I will be working on and short it out tripping the
breaker.

KF4HAZ - Lonnie

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