I have a printed label on the cover on my annealing oven, it says-
If you are planning on removing this cover with the power on
YOU WILL DIE
Great. MJA just set us up for a hefty lawsuit.
I will have her under the bus faster than…
Cocktail forks are handy to see if an outlet is actually dead.
Yes, it would work. All those valence electrons bottle-necking at the bend, unable to penetrate the resistance created with the arc.Nowhere to go with no flow.
If you smell gas DON’T turn on a light switch. If you can’t see the problem. DON’T use a cigarette lighter, but you may use a small match..
I only use Bend-Insensitive wire…
I am not a plumber.
The power stays on.
All guns are loaded, all wires are live. Even when they are not.
Those are words we electricians live by.
Reach out and touch something.
I thought this was tip #110…or maybe 220.
Pink wire is so hot ….. I don’t know if it carries electricity though. One of these is always cheap, handy way to check wiring to see if a circuit has voltage. You can check an insulated or bare wire, or stick the tip in an outlet where the flat, plug prongs go in (check both openings in case the wiring wasn’t done properly).
remember … always just use your thumb & attached pointer finger for testing
…shortest pathway to ground ….
(that way… you don’t dance so much)
…little tip from your Uncle ΜΟΛΩΝ
… oh, & only use your tongue for testing 9 volt batteries
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ – My dad knew an old electrician that wired a lot of rural homes under the REA in the early 1940’s that used your method of testing. He would generally install an outlet or two and a few hanging cords (from the ceiling) with a light bulb socket on the end. He tested the sockets by sticking his finger in them LOL. It obviously worked pretty well and he lived to be about 90 years old, so it apparently didn’t hurt him.
Arab Electronics 101.
I was a lineman for 20 years. We do the same with high voltage lines.
I have a special pair of gloves I wear when working with HV lines.
My wife thought they were gloves for doing the dishes. She had no idea
we work with live wires.
There was a crazy drug addled guy who lived with some of my friends of mine for a while back in the 70’s who was caught roasting hot dogs on a wire coat hangar and plugging it into an electric outlet. Needless to say he didn’t last very long as a roommate.
Words of advice for young people: If it is mechanical, hit it with a hammer. If it is electrical, stick it with a screwdriver. If it is under pressure, never…ever… never poke it with a fork.
Geoff- I remember back when I was in the USAF in Germany (1968), we had an appliance made pretty much as you described with your coat hanger. I was a plastic dish armed with six pairs of prongs (for an 8-pack) between which you mounted your hot dogs then plugged into the outlet. They sizzled really well on 220v current. It was a 110v device.
As a maintenance tech, I can tell you that kinking the wire, then working on a fixture, will get you the Darwin electrician’s award every time.
Hereabouts everybody is an electrician … when I turn on the ceiling fan the closet light goes out.
In the kitchen, when we turned the lights on and off, we could see flashes in the switchplate.
Tim;
All switches flash when you turn them on and off. You just can’t see it with a well made switch.
The other issue is one you should have someone look into.
JohnS,
Thank you … I will.
please translate into Arabic and forward to ISIL
Here’s another handy tip. If you walk into a room and flip the light switch and the light doesn’t come on just flip the switch back forth repeatedly and pump the electricity up to the light bulb.
Never leave a lamp socket empty. Someone will try the switch, and the electrons will flow out of the socket, and charge the room. Plus the electric meter will be running on and on.
Priceless..
Electrical repair for Progressives!
I have a printed label on the cover on my annealing oven, it says-
If you are planning on removing this cover with the power on
YOU WILL DIE
Great. MJA just set us up for a hefty lawsuit.
I will have her under the bus faster than…
Cocktail forks are handy to see if an outlet is actually dead.
Yes, it would work. All those valence electrons bottle-necking at the bend, unable to penetrate the resistance created with the arc.Nowhere to go with no flow.
If you smell gas DON’T turn on a light switch. If you can’t see the problem. DON’T use a cigarette lighter, but you may use a small match..
I only use Bend-Insensitive wire…
I am not a plumber.
The power stays on.
All guns are loaded, all wires are live. Even when they are not.
Those are words we electricians live by.
Reach out and touch something.
I thought this was tip #110…or maybe 220.
Pink wire is so hot ….. I don’t know if it carries electricity though. One of these is always cheap, handy way to check wiring to see if a circuit has voltage. You can check an insulated or bare wire, or stick the tip in an outlet where the flat, plug prongs go in (check both openings in case the wiring wasn’t done properly).
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017JYTPGO?psc=1
Factslady – 220, 221 ….. whatever it takes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3kxAA2L4Q
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remember … always just use your thumb & attached pointer finger for testing
…shortest pathway to ground ….
(that way… you don’t dance so much)
…little tip from your Uncle ΜΟΛΩΝ
… oh, & only use your tongue for testing 9 volt batteries
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ – My dad knew an old electrician that wired a lot of rural homes under the REA in the early 1940’s that used your method of testing. He would generally install an outlet or two and a few hanging cords (from the ceiling) with a light bulb socket on the end. He tested the sockets by sticking his finger in them LOL. It obviously worked pretty well and he lived to be about 90 years old, so it apparently didn’t hurt him.
Arab Electronics 101.
I was a lineman for 20 years. We do the same with high voltage lines.
I have a special pair of gloves I wear when working with HV lines.
My wife thought they were gloves for doing the dishes. She had no idea
we work with live wires.
There was a crazy drug addled guy who lived with some of my friends of mine for a while back in the 70’s who was caught roasting hot dogs on a wire coat hangar and plugging it into an electric outlet. Needless to say he didn’t last very long as a roommate.
Words of advice for young people: If it is mechanical, hit it with a hammer. If it is electrical, stick it with a screwdriver. If it is under pressure, never…ever… never poke it with a fork.
Geoff- I remember back when I was in the USAF in Germany (1968), we had an appliance made pretty much as you described with your coat hanger. I was a plastic dish armed with six pairs of prongs (for an 8-pack) between which you mounted your hot dogs then plugged into the outlet. They sizzled really well on 220v current. It was a 110v device.
As a maintenance tech, I can tell you that kinking the wire, then working on a fixture, will get you the Darwin electrician’s award every time.
Hereabouts everybody is an electrician … when I turn on the ceiling fan the closet light goes out.
In the kitchen, when we turned the lights on and off, we could see flashes in the switchplate.
Tim;
All switches flash when you turn them on and off. You just can’t see it with a well made switch.
The other issue is one you should have someone look into.
JohnS,
Thank you … I will.
please translate into Arabic and forward to ISIL
Here’s another handy tip. If you walk into a room and flip the light switch and the light doesn’t come on just flip the switch back forth repeatedly and pump the electricity up to the light bulb.
Never leave a lamp socket empty. Someone will try the switch, and the electrons will flow out of the socket, and charge the room. Plus the electric meter will be running on and on.