In conventional wiring, One side is always connected and that's the grounded side. Even if some lummox wired it all in reverse and it gotr past the inspectors, you'd still have only one side of the circuit connected to the mains and as I said, all that happens *before the fixture you're working with. Now, if it were wired so that the ground side was the one switched, then you would run the rist of contacting something that would ground you while working and then you'd have a fine case for litigation, provided you were still alive. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:41 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs
> Isn't one of the wires always hot, even though the light switch is off? > > Thanks, > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 5:51 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > So long as you can be certain that the lights are off while you work on the > bulbs you will be fine. Put a strip of tape over the switch in the off > position so you or someone else won't accidentally forget and turn it on > while you want it off. > > Throwing the main switch though isn't anything to worry about. If it is a > separate panel it is probably a sort of thick bent wire handle on the side > of the box to pull down. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:53 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > > So, I was working on making some big ass shelves in my garage... > > > > There are hanging light bulbs from the just under 8 foot ceiling, and my 8 > > foot > > 2x4's knocked out two of them. Sigh. > > > > The fuse box has those screw in type of fuses and I don't want to tactally > > feel > > around for a main switch or the fuses themselves for that matter. 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