My Handy Hint for the day...........

[chrisjw]

Don't re-wire a socket before turning the power off.............

[beautycat]

Fantastic handy hint there chris, now did you Just do that or were you starting a handy hints thread

And if you did are you ok?

[esmecullen]

dont tell me you didnt turn the power off

[Bluefish]

Can't have been that bad chris is still posting lol

[Deleted]

Apr 29, 2013 14:04:31 GMT Bluefish said:

Can't have been that bad chris is still posting lol

it's a delayed reaction ... he'll be gone in 10 mins ... chrisjw can I have your mods?

[DiscoDes]

Apr 29, 2013 13:55:31 GMT chrisjw said:

Don't re-wire a socket before turning the power off.............

I got a picture of your reaction!

[Super-Shiny]

The amount of times i have done that, shock goes straight to my elbow, quite fun though

[Deleted]

That's a shocking bit of advice, Chris, but good, as yes, tis always a good idea. Really hope that you're OK.

[bomberharris]

good god chris, thats shocking

[chrisjw]

It made my fillings tingle...........
For years, I've fiddled about with electrics & apart from when I was 5 years old & plugged a bare cable into the wall socket, intending to use it as a microphone (for some totally unknown reason to myself), grabbed the bare end & found myself propelled from one end of the room to the other (still have a scar on my wrist to prove it), I've managed to body swerve any nasty belts, although minor ones have been quite a common occurrance.......I've even totally re-wired a house before now, including the consumer box....think I was a cat in a previous life..........

[Moggy]

LOL!!! Glad to hear you're ok fella. Electricity is something to have respect for, not necessarily be scared of. I had a close call last year prepping the 40amp feed for a new oven. The previous owners of our house had connected 2 sockets into the ring main ok, but the 3rd one that was being used to power the extractor fan had been spurred off the upstairs lighting circuit......which I hadn't isolated, well you wouldn't would you

Needless to say, when I cut the cables half my cutters disappeared with a FLASH BANG WAHOOO !!

Word to the wise, ALWAYS use 240v rated tools.

[Bluefish]

Apr 29, 2013 15:05:53 GMT Moggy said:

Word to the wise, ALWAYS test for power before touching wires

Ahem

[Moggy]

Apr 29, 2013 17:16:31 GMT Bluefish said:

Apr 29, 2013 15:05:53 GMT Moggy said:

Word to the wise, ALWAYS test for power before touching wires

Ahem

LOL

[farzooks]

Fluke Voltsticks are wonderful things, don't you agree?

[Gasper]

Another handy hint from me:

When removing water heaters from the wall, always drain the buggers first.....