In a message dated 11/15/2005 9:14:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
craxd1@verizon.net writes:
Mike,
Although it's not mandatory, it a real good thing to do. When I worked as an
industrial electrician, a lot of times we had to work on live circuits as
the main just could not be shut off over shutting the plant down, or a whole
operation. I burnt up a few pairs of dikes over someone using a white as a
hot,
then I cut into them. Also, it would be easy for someone to be leaning
against a grounded enclosure, and tip a white wire that's hot, thinking it's a
neutral thus getting electrocuted. Really dangerous! I always carried a wiggy
and checked the wires, but somethimes I have forgot too.
Best,
Will
Working with electrcity is like working with guns. Assume a wire is ALWAYS
hot. TEST it before you cut it. I ran into a situation where a wire was fed
from 2 different CBers fortunately they were on the same phase, but what a
pain to find where they came tegether. Took all day.
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