But as a pratical means when lockout tagout is not available, once you are sure a circuit is not live, intentional short circuit bolting can help you if somebody trys to energize the circuit while you are working on it. He gets the kaboom on his end. This last little tip is more for work on panels, transformers, switchgear and the like.
Was this advice meant in jest? I would hope so. While I agree that someone who
intentionally resets a breaker/closes a disconnect/whatever is not playing with a full deck, this borders on the criminally dangerous. A "kaboom on his end" can have very serious consequences.
IMHO, there would be no excuse for such a thing. (POCO workers take note, I'm not condemming the practice by utilities, the circumstances are very different.)
Every electrician would likely have some method to help lockout a breaker, panel or disconnect on his truck, even if it's a piece of #10 solid twisted through the locking hole, with a handmade tag. Better to do that than risk serious injury/damage due to a bolted short.
And what happens if
you forget to clear your short?
You may be the one getting the kaboom.
Finally, the safest work practice is to treat everything as live, no matter what!
It would be even safer to use a voltage detector, multimeter, wiggie, or other pratical and safe means, rather than to "short" the circuit.
Best advice of all! Thumbs up on that!
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