Okay, let's forget the fawcet analogy for the time being. The thing about electrical circuits is: in order for there to be electrical pressure, the circuit must have a positive and negative side. The switch gets rid of at least one side so there is no current flow in the fixture. The danger is that, as in the case that Lenny describes, the hot side remains connected. If your skin is in contact with metal that is so connected and some other part of you gets grounded, whammy. Lenny's also right in that some sort of electrical continuity tester is a damn good idea if, for nothing else, confirming that there's no electrical flow present where you're going to work. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs
> The faucet analogy doesn't make sense to me. A pipe feeding the faucet either > has pressure or it doesn't. > > Light bulbs, on the other hand, have two wires leading to their plugs. One hot > and one neutral. I've always heard that the neutral is the wire that is broken > when a switch is thrown. > > Either way, if the electrician wired it so the neutral is the wire that is > broken when the switch is thrown, then the hot would still be active. If the > hot and anything grounded touched, there would be sparks, right? > > Thanks, > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jay Williams > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:42 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > Nothing will happen if the switch is off! It disconnects the hot side so > what's there to spark? Remember, the switch comes *before the light bulb so > anything you do at the location of the bult is safe. Think of the fawcet on > your washbasin. If you turn off the valve that's before the fawcet on the > intake pipe, than you can remove the fawcet and no water will gush. If > there's no valve right there, than you would turn off the valve for the > whole mains. Same here, if the only way to turn off these lights is to throw > the main switch, than that's what you'd have to do. > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Engebretson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:07 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > > Oh boy, sounds scary. If I touch the outside at the same time as the > inside, > > will it spark and possibly blow a fuse? > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Bill Gallik > > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:02 PM > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fuses and light bulbs > > > > > > Take an electrical needle nose pliers and just latch onto the inside of > the > > broken bulb. Electrical needle nose pliers have rubber handles to > insulate > > you from electrical shock. 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