Safety Precautions with Electricity
- Don't touch exposed elec contacts
- Touch only insulated handles and parts of tools, probes, cords, etc.
- Leave covers on equip unless you need to access components
- Work one handed whenever possible. (Current is more likely to flow from finger to finger instead of through your chest).
- Never insert anything other than a power cord into a wall outlet.
- Keep hands clean and dry
- Don't work with electricity on wet floors or in wet surroundings.
- Remove jewelry when working with elec (metallic items can increase surface area that is in contact with an elec source.
