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Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/4/2007 10:14:50 AM

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('borrowed' from another site)

This one's for all you Navy Electricians, (Electricians in General), please enjoy.

The Ten Commandments of Electrical/Electron ic Safety

I. Beware of the lightning that lurketh in seemingly uncharged capacitors
lest it cause thee to bounce upon thy buttocks in an unseamanlike manner and
cause thy hair to stand on end, therby exceeding regulation length.

II. Cause thou the switch that supplieth large quantities of juice to be
opened and thusly tagged, that thy days may be long in this earthly vale.

III. Prove to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and upon which thou
worketh are grounded and thusly tagged, lest they lift thee to radio
frequency potential and causeth thee to radiate with the angels.

IV. Tarry thou not amongst those fools that engage in intentional shocks,
for they are not long of this world and are surely unbelievers.

V. Take care thou useth the proper method when thou taketh the measure of
high voltage so thou dost not incinerate both thee and thy test equipment.
For verily, though thou hast no NSN (National Stock Number) and can be
easily surveyed, the test equipment has one, and as a consequence, bringeth
much woe to thy supply officer.

VI. Take care thou tamperest not with interlocks and safety devices, for
this incurreth the wrath of thy department head and bringeth the fury of thy
Commanding Officer on thy head.

VII. Work thou not on energized equipment without proper procedures, for if
thou dost so, thy shipmates will surely be buying beers for thy widow and
consoling her in ways not generally acceptable to thee.

VIII. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, never service equipment alone, for
electrical cooking is a slow process, and thou might sizzle in thine own fat
upon a hot circuit for hours on end before thy maker sees fit to end thy
misery and drag thee into his fold.

IX. Trifle thee not with radioactive tubes and substances lest thou commence
to glow in the dark like a lightning bug and thy wife be frustrated and have
no further use for thee except thy wages .

X. Commit thou to memory all the words of the prophets which are written
down in the 300th chapter of thy bible which is the 'Naval Ship's Technical
Manual' and giveth out with the straight dope and counseleth thee when thou
hast suffered a ream job by thy division LPO (Leading Petty Officer).

addendum 1 - Never shall thee taketh the word of thy comrade that the equipment is safe to work on. Trusteth only thine own eyes and thine own lockouts.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/4/2007 12:38:27 PM

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verily i say unto thee that i laugh forthwith mightily and with great zealousness

for truth doth i entreat unto thee that i can posteth thine missive on myspace

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/4/2007 2:48:38 PM

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Sure, I 'borrowed' it from another site.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/7/2007 7:07:46 PM

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'borrowed' but will u give it back?

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/7/2007 7:37:03 PM

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Thou shalt keepeth a cuppeth of heady elixer or cigarette alight within thy hand whence one is awork with implements of thy guild within a breaker box. Insofar, to avast thine free hand from alighting upon the
grounded metal of such box.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/9/2007 5:26:11 PM

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This is not really funny, but it just so happens I work on electronic equipment.

One time I changed a memory IC and the unit was acting the same. I didn't realize I had changed it with power applied. That wasn't as scary as this one transistor I changed in a TV, which has about 200 volts applied to it. Looked around front to turn it on and it was already on, it was running the whole time. Two hundred volts, and not the low current kind.

Musta still been immortal at the time.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/9/2007 6:33:57 PM

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Is your memory chip working better now?

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/9/2007 10:21:14 PM

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XL /XC= Keep your hand off the microphone key. For if you do, 1,000 watts will see, that I have just become the Z.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/9/2007 10:29:10 PM

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Is your memory chip working better now?

Yup. Actually forgot to unplug something within the last month and got a shock between hot and cold ground.

Perhaps I should be adjudged incompetent to work, and they could pay me not to work. Naw, I would go work and get double pay and get caught.

Maybe not.

There have also been other times, like when I did unplug it, I thought, but pulled the wrong one out. This usually happens after I get distracted. Handling distraction is one of my newest skills, so I might not be totally adept at it. But technology is kicking my ass. I can barely keep up with it. This is no joke.

Thou shalt follow the power cord to the wall lest thou recieve the wrath of electricity.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/30/2007 4:02:31 PM

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Always keep the smoke inside the wire.

Electicity is magic, it is controlled by evel spirts, and they bite.

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RE: Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety - 5/30/2007 9:09:37 PM

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I found a new one that is a bit off the beaten path :

Thou shalt not use a 1984 Mitubishi remote on thy 1996 Mitsubishi bigscreen, For such will lose all the memory and require three hours of setup by competent angels which will cost over $200.

Thou shalt not run the power wires to an amplifier in the trunk over the back seat and jump out the fuse. Thine backseat shall wear the mark of the wires' insulation for eternity, as shall anyone sitting in the seat on top of the wires.

She was not happy. I wonder if she has a scar.

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