No offense e57:
(all voltages can be harmfull - and 277 and above, and this one is far above, can be deadly. Not user friendly...)
...but this statement NEEDS to be addressed.
This is one of the common misconceptions about working around electricity. 120v WILL kill you just as dead as any other voltage you stumble across.
There is more to the story than volts...amperage, path across the body, time energized, etc. The amperage from a single 60w light bulb will make you miss your next birthday - plain and simple.
Our HVAC Tech needs to be aware of this.
Here is a 13 minute long video the graphically illustrates the point:
http://www.electrician2.com/safety/electricalsafety_01.htm Here is a document that lists Electrocution Fatalities:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/traumaelface.html Let's not downplay the dangers involved in a circuit that's "only 120v"...it takes very little CURRENT to kill a person
Saftey first ~ unlace your own damn boots every night.[rant]END[/rant]
I hope you take no offense e57, but it needed to be said....and like a jackass, I lit myself up yesterday because I wasn't paying attention to the circuit I was working on!
