<VV> Christmas Lights

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

... and Darwin ensures that the "errors" will (eventually) get weeded out 
...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FrankCB at aol.com>
To: <corvairduval at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Christmas Lights


>
> Frank and Arjay,
>    Frank's right.  Why take chances when it's SO  easy to screw in a light
> bulb (that you know is good) or use another device for  checking out 120 
> volt
> circuits.  I use the light bulb method before I  disable a circuit just to 
> make
> sure that I'm throwing the correct circuit  breaker.  If it's a wall 
> socket,
> I just plug in a meter or a test  light to make certain it's not alive. 
> Then,
> as a final  check, using an insulated screwdriver (or pliers) I short out 
> the
> two  terminals one to the other which will definitely spark and blow the
> circuit  breaker if the socket was alive.
>    We already take enough chances on the road, at the  track, at the
> "tables" or on the lottery.  Why risk more when it's so easy  to be SURE 
> the circuit
> is dead.
>    Frank "getting too old to take chances"  Burkhard
>
> In a message dated 12/1/2006 8:56:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> corvairduval at cox.net writes:
>
> Arjay:
>
> More people are killed by 120 volts than any other  voltage here in the
> United States.
>
> Why? Because of the prevalence  of the notion that "it's only 120 volts,
> that can't be  lethal"!*
>
> While sticking a finger in the light socket, the current path  can very
> well be across your chest if your other hand is resting on a  ground.
>
> Remember, fatal current through the heart is only about 10  milliamps.
> That is .01 Amps.
>
> That is all hearts, not just old bad  ones.
>
> As has been said before, you can do what you want to kill  yourself, just
> do not pass on methods that will kill others.
>
> Frank  DuVal
>
>
> * Some think 240 volts is worthy of more respect, but here  with the
> 120/240 volt system the most shocks on 240 volts is actually from  one
> hot wire to ground, which is 120 volts!
>
>
> Arjay Morgan  wrote:
>
>>  I'm sure the 110 VAC output could be dangerous to an  old man with a bad
> heart standing in a puddle of salt water with a wire in  each hand, but I 
> was
> taught practical electricity by Harry Thomas who always  checked if a 
> light
> socket was 'live' by sticking his finger into it. Yes, you  get a shock, 
> but the
> electricity only flows from the tip of your finger to  about the second
> phalange, not across your chest.
>
>
>
>
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