I have heard of some Brain-strain 'electrician' (i use the term loosely)
who wrapped the 'spare' cable round and round metal conduit in a refit
of a Woolworths store,and turned all the strip light casings 'live';
the ultimate home wound transformer!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell McMahon" <apptech@paradise.net.nz>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Which one is "better" 110 or 220?


> > (it was her lighting BTW !!).
> 
> > The reason ? - its switch was actually connected to the business
> > next door's power,
> 
> Just not her power :-).
> 
> Wherever possible I short the "dead" wires together before adventuring 
> with them. I also avert eyes when doing this as sometimes it does 
> prove what you are testing to disprove. .
> 
> I have had many close calls over the years.
> 
> Phase on earth (!), phase on neutral, ring feed (illegal in NZ, common 
> in UK), miswired socket and miswired plug so case is at phase only 
> when two are used together, ... .
> 
> I've had quite a few mains shocks, a few RF burns, a few HV DC (up to 
> about 1200 V) ..., various inductive kicks, 50v on backs of hands 
> while running telephone mdf jumpers is annoying (trainee engineer 
> days), ... . Haven't had a mains shock for years (decade(s)?). Still 
> alive but many of the above could have killed me. (Some would say this 
> list explains why I am as I am, but I assure you that such a simple 
> explanation is inadequate :-) ).
> 
> So - ALWAYS assume it's live. Make sure it's not. Then assume it is. 
> Then short it :-).
> 
> 
>         RM
> 
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