On: How to Assemble an Electric Heating Element from Scratch

[phatskat]

The concept of not cutting the power before rewiring seems hogwild to me. I touched a 120v line I thought I had turned off and am really grateful my ass fell backwards because no one else was home

[IAmBroom → phatskat]

I blew a chunk out of my electrician's pliers with 120.

A near-retirement electrician died wiring up his wife's new mall store by himself with 120.

120 is usually safe-ish, but it has dangerous power still.

[mrWiz → IAmBroom]

What brand of pliers were they, and did they seem to be made from recycled gum wrappers?

A trick I learned when you want to flip the breaker but don't want to go all the way back to the panel is to just stick a screwdriver into a light socket.