Re: Sort of improvised work bench
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A few comments on taking measurements on AC Mains.
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With the exception of rated battery operated DVMs or neon testers, don't unless you know exactly what you are doing, what you are measuring, why you are measuring it.
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AC Mains waveforms are boring, do you have a good reason to look at them?
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You want a safe work station with an obvious power off switch that does not take down the room lights.
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You want someone there who knows how to do CPR and a working telephone.
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I've played with direct mains powered devices since I was 8, I'm 73, and I've been knocked silly more times then I can count.
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I am extremely lucky, care to try your luck?
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Over 400 people are electrocuted in the US every year, better them 1 a day, 4000 are injured, more then 10 a day, feel lucky?
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Ground fault interrupters (residual current device in Great Britain) can help but also make you careless. Properly used isolation transformers can also help but again can make you careless.
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Ask yourself, is this project work dying over?
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