Keith,
I
agree,
but the likelihood of this is limited given the nature of a trip and the
body. However
I concur that it can happen, I have had it happen to me but then I was
foolish
enough not to check the circuit was dead
:o)
Only
foolishness
will get you a belt, if you use common sense and a meter there is no reason
to
get a belt.
K.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Keith Doxey
[mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 April 2001 09:06
To: ukha_d
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Urgent
question on AW10's
Have
to
agree with Kevin here.
Just
because you have a trip DOES NOT MEAN IT IS SAFE.
A
couple
of weeks ago I was fitting a socket to a cable I had disconnected earlier.
Stupidly I forgot to check that the supply was still off. Some interfering
B****** had turned the breaker back on.
ALWAYS
CHECK THE POWER IS OFF. It is dangerous to become
complacent
I
stripped the live wire with no problem and was stripping the neutral when
the
back of my hand touched the live wire. The jolt I received had my heart
beating
like a good un for several minutes.
MORE
IMPORTANTLY......THE POWER DID NOT TRIP.
I
was
sitting on a piece of cardboard on a dry wooden floor. The shock I received
was
directly across Live and Neutral therefore there was no leakage to earth so
the
trip has no reason to pop. Had I ONLY touched the Live wire the trip should
have cut off the power with little or no effect to me.
Thankfully
this time I was OK. It's not the first time I have had a belt and it
probably
wont be the last but its not something to be
recommended.
Keith
-----Original
Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins
[mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001
01:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Urgent
question on AW10's
I
must really say that I am gob smacked here - Mains IS a problem and it is
lethal. Treat it with the utmost respect. There is an inference from this
post
you can experiment with live mains if you have an RCB all will be well -
and
that if you dont you'll just blow a fuse. This is NOT true and I don't
think
Kenneth meant it to sound that way
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