Is this dangerous?

RoyJackson · Mar 31, 2011

Y'know...I read the title of this thread...then I read the poster's nick...

Figured...well, he's gotta be in training. A trained Redneck wouda just titled the thread..."Here, hold my beer..."

beppington · Mar 31, 2011

Whoever Julie's talking about must be power hungry?

beppington · Mar 31, 2011

I sometimes do 110V stuff hot; Change out a light fixture, bad electrical outlet or light switch. Not needed very often, so when I do it I always think, "Meh, it's 110, I'll just be careful." And then a zap later I'm reminded to be more careful. Or better yet, "You shoulda turned it off dummy." But, what can I say, we men are confident about these things ... right up until something bad happens I guess. We trust our capabilities & most of us aren't gonna go around scared or worried about every little thing. Women like to worry, not men :thumbsup:

moored4 · Mar 31, 2011

My company holds, every 2 years or so, an electrical safety class for its maintenance men. I am sure it is driven by WSHA and federal regulation. One time the man giving it had all the supportive evidence from all the safety originations and it pointed out that more people are killed by 110 than all others. Something like we fail to take it serious. Have I worked with 110 hot yes! But not sense an electrical guy from another plant here in town died at home. Yea you guessed it, he was working 110 hot.

beppington · Mar 31, 2011

moored4 said:
My company holds, every 2 years or so, an electrical safety class for its maintenance men. I am sure it is driven by WSHA and federal regulation. One time the man giving it had all the supportive evidence from all the safety originations and it pointed out that more people are killed by 110 than all others. Something like we fail to take it serious. Have I worked with 110 hot yes! But not sense an electrical guy from another plant here in town died at home. Yea you guessed it, he was working 110 hot.

I'd guess it's actually because 110 is much more accessible by a lot more people, namely non-experts ... like me!

troutsqueezer · Apr 1, 2011

When I was a teenager I worked for my father who was an electrical contractor. I, of course, was the one who crawled in the attics and under the houses, pulling wire thru junction boxes while he fed it from the other end.

I can't count how many times this happened:

"Dad, is the power shut off?"

"Yes son, go ahead and start pulling...."

ZZZaaappp!!!

It's kinda like bee stings if you are a beekeeper, it still hurts but you shrug it off and keep working.

dstig1 · Apr 1, 2011

Interesting point but some connections have to be made hot, and they are often at the transformer at the street. I am assuming this is the Tombstone you refer to... As the lineman told my friend when he was hooking up his new service.. while hot...at the 19.2kV transformer...'One wire at at time, son, and everything is fine." Of course it helps to have a little TRAINING!!!

Mace Canute · Apr 1, 2011

Knowing what to do is important but knowing what not to do is even more important!

SixHoeBob · Apr 1, 2011

Occasionally I will be fiddling with something electrical, and someone will be intently watching me. At the appropriate moment I like to yell as if zapped.:laughing:

orezok · Apr 1, 2011

Sometimes the simplest thing can do you in. We lost an irrigation tech last year. He was checking a 480v irrigation pump that was malfunctioning. He was going to put his clamp meter on the line to check amperage, a relatively safe operation. The wires were zip tied together so he needed to separate them. Didn't have a diagonal cutter so he used his square nose electricians pliers to twist the tie to break it. Square nose nicked the insulation and it was all over.