Subj : A tech once told me that you can get a jolt when a call comes through
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Thu Oct 29 2020 09:43:15

Hello, August Abolins.
On 10/28/20 11:11 PM you wrote:

 CP>>>>   Slightly different than our old field phones in
 CP>>>> the Army.  I think the handcrank generated around 120 volts.  
 CP>>>> It certainly let you know if someone tried using them while you 
 CP>>>> were splicing a break....
 AA> A you know, it's not the voltage that kills, it's the amperage.  I 
 AA> had an electrical tech in my shop to work on replacing the 
 AA> ballasts of the overhead lights. He worked completely with the 
 AA> live wires - and thus not needing to disrupt the normal lighting 
 AA> required when customers were around.
Yes, I'm aware. I've often worked on live wires, switching out plugs or switches or other fixtures or equipment.  It's very possible to do it safely, but still not generally a good idea. 

Electricity has become something a lot of people take for granted, and luckily tend to call trained people to deal with. I was lucky when I was younger, and was taught a lot by a Master Electrician when he was hired to help us set up the equipment at a new company I worked for.  I was just an idiotic youngster who never bothered to take the certification exams.

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