Yeah, i think i'll try your first idea before i set my wife up to stick her finger in a broken light bulb. i'm going to try the potato thing today. thanks, david -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clifford Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:24 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] avoiding electrical shock
Dear David: One fairly safe way to check for the presence of electrical voltage, before working on your lights would be the following: 1. dig a whole in the lawn just outside your garage, about eight feet deep; 2. Fill the whole with a mixture of soil and ground charcoal; 3. Wet the whole with several gallons of water which is introduced at a slow rate; 4. Drive a standard copper-coated eight foot ground rod down in to the whole tamping the loose mixture around the ground rod: 5. attach a heavy copper wire to the ground rod and using insolated gloves, use the other end of the copper wire to probe the entire area inside and on the edge of the light socket and broken bulb, taking care not to cut yourself on any glass that may remain; 6. Once the probing is done, attach one lead of a volt meter to the copper wire, and using the other probe from the volt meter, check to ascertain if there is any voltage measured from all points available to you and the wire 7. If no voltage differential is found, you are safe to touch the remains of the bulb; 8. a short cut, have your significant other to stick her finger in to the the remains of the light bulb, while making sure to touch the outer edge of the bulb at the same time If you hear no complaints, then it is safe to remove the broken bulb. ; Lastly, if she does protest a bit after touching the broken bulb, because of a tingling sensation, run for your life! Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 2/23/2007 1:26 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 2/23/2007 1:26 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
