Quote from: philipma1957 on July 03, 2016, 04:25:46 PM

I will highlight that. I have done a few small shocks with different power installs but 1 time I managed a solid across the chest (felt my heart contract) shock.

I was installing a 4 foot replacement fluorescent bulb on an over head light it was hot I was sweating and I was having trouble getting pins in on each side.
I was doing it hot with power to the fixture(badbadbad) so I reach out a bit and each hand touched each end and I run the power across my chest. My arm pits were sweaty and my hands a bit damp with sweat so nice contact. The power f-ing hurt big time. I felt like someone sneezed my heart inside my chest. Plus my sweating arm pits felt seriously weird .

And we are talking about the power was from this type of device.

https://www.electricalmarketplace.com/productfile/index/view/fileid/173/

since it was one fixture it was about 60-65 watts and I think I was lucky to be able to write a warning about power.

I think most people would think 62 watts dc is a safe level to get shocked with it was not.

If possible everyone should turn off power and not work with live electricity. For my mining area I have 2 way's of turning off power before I work on anything power related. First is power splitting from power meter it split's to house, and mining area. I can flip a switch there and it kills all power to my mining area it was all done from power company so all very professional.

I then should have no power in mining area but I take it one step further and flip the main in breaker box for mining area. So I have 2 separate switches that should keep power off if I'm working on it. And of-course check it before doing anything. But I really like having the redundancy of 2 even though one should be enough. I agree with being super cautious when working with power.