16-09-2015, 07:48 AM
I'm glad you clarified this. Your original post where it appeared that you'd actually measured the high voltages made my blood run cold. And think you were saved by the same providence that often protects children and drunks. In fact, what you did was entirely sensible but the way you reported it made it look otherwise.
We've all done daft things, sometimes downright dangerous and stupid things, and I'm as guilty as anyone else. Those of us who are still here have survived to tell the stories. They may serve as cautionary tales for others.
I've been trying and failing to find a report online where an electrician died from an arc flash incident cause by using a cheap DVM on 208V busbars in the USA. I know I've seen it before. OK, you are most unlikely to get arc flash on a domestic installation however daft youu are but cheap DVMs are still not really safe to use on mains.
We've all done daft things, sometimes downright dangerous and stupid things, and I'm as guilty as anyone else. Those of us who are still here have survived to tell the stories. They may serve as cautionary tales for others.
I've been trying and failing to find a report online where an electrician died from an arc flash incident cause by using a cheap DVM on 208V busbars in the USA. I know I've seen it before. OK, you are most unlikely to get arc flash on a domestic installation however daft youu are but cheap DVMs are still not really safe to use on mains.
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