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I presume you haven’t had any nasty shocks before. Once you’ve had a shock like that you can’t touch any wire without checking it with a neon driver or similar. I know I can’t. It’s literally like aversion shock therapy. It’s very powerful.
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when and where possible always use a personal rcd when testing appliances…especialy in older propertys where there are no rcd at property..these old fuse wire boxs are lethal…especialy if some one has rewired fuse with over-sized wire…
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I used a neon driver once,when I got off the floor with my eye’s and nad’s going round like a tic tac toe machine I vowed never to use one again,found that the resistor lead had broken,so it was like putting 6 inch nail straight into main’s,but i’m okay now luckily i just glow in the dark,remember guy’s what we do is dangerous :colour:
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I generally unplug the, what is the obvious, plug – put the volt stick around the mains suppressor – then tap the live connector with the end of my finger incase wrong plug and failed volt stick! ( I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t sure no live feed – just a game of pretend courage really) 😈 😈 😈
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I was in a house where two teenage kids were watching me work on a leaking Hotpoint top loader, I went out to the van for a pump, while I was away the little s*its pluged it back in for a laugh, I changed the pump and then went to the plug to do an earth test and saw it pluged back in, the two teenagers were laughing, the kids mother thought it was funny too!
I went ape, and had a slanging match with the stupid woman and her kids, I always double check if I turn my back on a machine now.Re: A Warning
That’s unbelievable. Figuratively speaking that is, I do believe you 🙂 There are some very neanderthal people out there.
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We should all make a point to ensure that the correct plug has been extracted, even though it can sometimes be difficult. Another useful tip is this. If you touch a live point with the fingers, the arm muscles contract in such a way that you end up grasping the terminal, and are unable to let go. Far better to use your knuckle, so your arm tends to pull away. This test is of course the final test after the normal tests have been completed. At the risk of appearing ignorant, what is a voltage stick? It is awful to think that all that keeps us safe at work and on the roads is our own vigilance. Please take care lads, and lasses.
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Gazman1000 wrote:I was in a house where two teenage kids were watching me work on a leaking Hotpoint top loader, I went out to the van for a pump, while I was away the little s*its pluged it back in for a laugh, I changed the pump and then went to the plug to do an earth test and saw it pluged back in, the two teenagers were laughing, the kids mother thought it was funny too!
I went ape, and had a slanging match with the stupid woman and her kids, I always double check if I turn my back on a machine now.Could have gone back to van, charged three capacitors and handed it terminals first, now that would have been funny 😆
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With regard to neptunes post, I was in the Army Cadets as a youth, (Part 1 with credit) I can still remember being taught the correct way to feel my way whilst crawling through the undergrowth or touching anything, it was with the back of the fingers or hand, if you did happen to touch an electrified fence, as you crawled over Marsden Moor or through Ashfield Valley on a weekend camp then you would close your fist but not grip the electrified object.
Strangely enough we did not encounter any such dangers on these weekends. 😆
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neptune wrote: At the risk of appearing ignorant, what is a voltage stick?
Bob
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We have all had the odd shock, complacency every time. Never trust the customer when they say they have unpluged the machine, guarenteed they have switched off the kettle or toaster!!!!! Sorry ain’t good enough when your dead.
Volt stick every time particulary if hard wired. A plug removed is absolute isolation and inform them you will not work on the appliance again if it is not fitted with a plug.
You’r the one doing the risk assesment not them 😉
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