so 20 years in the industry and you wear gloves to work on equipment and you NEVER work live?
I've only got 12 years in the electrical installation and maintenance industry and I'm NIC EIC approved QM for my company and obviously this involves alot of test and inspection and industrial/commerical work.
In this short amount of time I have NEVER seen anyone wear gloves as a method of direct contact prevention (because your talking rubbish) or indeed handcuffs, a strait jacket, or anything else that you can think of to hamper the dexterity of the hands you rely on to deftly and safely carry out work. Further more, EVERY serious electrician at times will have to work on live equipment, and before you call this illegal it isnt, it is merely strongly advised, and live work is permitted in circumstances when total isolation is too impractical and alternative risk assessment and protocols are developed. For instance, killing power to a machine which costs 15k per hour in downtime, killing power to local authority or police CCTV survelience systems, An investment banks server, etc.
It is not complacent to be able to work with live electricity. It is stupid to work on electricity if you are not a qualified electrician and dont know what you are doing. Things that might suggest you dont know what you are doing, include a belief that your favorite gloves, hat or shoes will in any way prevent you from getting an electric shock
Now I'm guessing that the guy who wrote this block is either a DIY'er or what we in the trade call a 'house basher'. However he is right about one thing. If you have previously had a shock from a single phase (like at home, 230v a/c) supply and not been affected much beyond a tingle, this does not mean you are immune. anything above 50v A/C is considered potentially lethal to humans, (although with a healthy candidate an estimated 8 seconds continuous contact is predicted to cause sufficiantly sever burns/cardiac arrest) and 230v is more than man enough for this job. If you were not very well earthed at the time (i.e standing on wooden floor boards, in rubber shoes, etc.) the shock would be less. Just for laughs, try touching the same live while holding onto a radiator. (really dont, that would be stupid).
Most important thing here, if you need to log onto a site like this to find out how to isolate a circuit then you are definitely going to kill yourself. please dont, call a reputable electrician, who has invested in experience and education/qualifications for the right to rinse you out of chunks of your hard earned cash to do something you are too stupid to do.
Aww dont feel bad, go...err...put up a shelf or something.
I've only got 12 years in the electrical installation and maintenance industry and I'm NIC EIC approved QM for my company and obviously this involves alot of test and inspection and industrial/commerical work.
In this short amount of time I have NEVER seen anyone wear gloves as a method of direct contact prevention (because your talking rubbish) or indeed handcuffs, a strait jacket, or anything else that you can think of to hamper the dexterity of the hands you rely on to deftly and safely carry out work. Further more, EVERY serious electrician at times will have to work on live equipment, and before you call this illegal it isnt, it is merely strongly advised, and live work is permitted in circumstances when total isolation is too impractical and alternative risk assessment and protocols are developed. For instance, killing power to a machine which costs 15k per hour in downtime, killing power to local authority or police CCTV survelience systems, An investment banks server, etc.
It is not complacent to be able to work with live electricity. It is stupid to work on electricity if you are not a qualified electrician and dont know what you are doing. Things that might suggest you dont know what you are doing, include a belief that your favorite gloves, hat or shoes will in any way prevent you from getting an electric shock
Now I'm guessing that the guy who wrote this block is either a DIY'er or what we in the trade call a 'house basher'. However he is right about one thing. If you have previously had a shock from a single phase (like at home, 230v a/c) supply and not been affected much beyond a tingle, this does not mean you are immune. anything above 50v A/C is considered potentially lethal to humans, (although with a healthy candidate an estimated 8 seconds continuous contact is predicted to cause sufficiantly sever burns/cardiac arrest) and 230v is more than man enough for this job. If you were not very well earthed at the time (i.e standing on wooden floor boards, in rubber shoes, etc.) the shock would be less. Just for laughs, try touching the same live while holding onto a radiator. (really dont, that would be stupid).
Most important thing here, if you need to log onto a site like this to find out how to isolate a circuit then you are definitely going to kill yourself. please dont, call a reputable electrician, who has invested in experience and education/qualifications for the right to rinse you out of chunks of your hard earned cash to do something you are too stupid to do.
Aww dont feel bad, go...err...put up a shelf or something.
