<div dir="ltr">Until you're over at your mates place and you don't have your special screwdrivers with you. I'm not saying to *not* have safe tools, but to practice all of the safety measures working on mains voltages.<div><br></div><div>I used to tune FM transmitters running ~20,000 watts at ~6,000 volts. A couple steps require the power to be on, and your hand inside the cabinet turning a pot. No tools involved, just your bare hand. With that kind of work, you very quickly learn important stuff. Such as, standing (or kneeling) in a comfortable position, with both feet under you. So you don't slip and grab or brush something.</div><div><br></div><div>Now this thread is fully off the rails! (hehe)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 5:12 AM cheater cheater <<a href="mailto:cheater00social@gmail.com">cheater00social@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It's not even that. During the accident I described above, I was<br>
trying to grab the mains cable off a broken power strip, and it turned<br>
out it was plugged in by mistake. And I know the one hand rule and I<br>
forgot it. And also the GFCI failed to shut off because it was old.<br>
And I wasn't wearing rubber sole shoes. You can know all the rules but<br>
every once in a while it will all fail you anyways. That's why<br>
safeties that you don't have to /remember/ about, like having<br>
exclusively plastic-covered screwdrivers, are way better than rules,<br>
such as "out of all screwdrivers you have, use plastic-covered<br>
screwdrivers when working on mains".<br>
<br>
On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 1:24 AM Chromatest J. Pantsmaker<br>
<<a href="mailto:chromatest@azburners.org" target="_blank">chromatest@azburners.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Or never work on an energized panel.<br>
><br>
> If you do, put one hand in your back pocket.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 9:38 AM cheater cheater via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I'd like to urge everyone to use VDE tools only. I've had a near miss<br>
>> with mains a couple years back and the only reason I lived to tell the<br>
>> tale was because at some point I decided to buy VDE screwdrivers<br>
>> instead of "normal" ones. I did that a good more than 10 years before<br>
>> the accident. The screwdriver being VDE meant that the electrical<br>
>> current went through part of my finger creating no lasting damage<br>
>> instead of going from one hand to another and through my heart. You<br>
>> never know when it'll try and hit you, and as people who work with<br>
>> electricity that is mostly at harmless voltages, we are especially<br>
>> prone to get complacent when working with electrical circuits. That's<br>
>> why it's good to use all VDE tools, even use precision tools that are<br>
>> VDE. One day you'll be happy you did. You have to help your luck a<br>
>> little. Wera have some really wonderful swappable-shaft small-size<br>
>> screwdrivers that are VDE and where the shaft is not thicker due to<br>
>> the insulation. They're very practical and are very high quality. As<br>
>> for tools you can't get as VDE, consider just putting some heat shrink<br>
>> insulation over the screwdriver shaft or whatever metal handle you're<br>
>> using. That's the part that helps most.<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:45 PM francesco mulassano via Synth-diy<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > The best wire and components cutter for the last 20 years<br>
>> > PIERGIACOMI!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="https://www.tme.eu/it/details/tre-03-ne/pinze-da-trancio/piergiacomi/tre-03-nb/?brutto=1¤cy=EUR" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tme.eu/it/details/tre-03-ne/pinze-da-trancio/piergiacomi/tre-03-nb/?brutto=1¤cy=EUR</a><br>
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>> > Il giorno ven 11 feb 2022 alle ore 12:03 mark verbos via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> ha scritto:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> And I thought the 4ms screwdriver was the gold standard…. ;)<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Feb 10, 2022, at 7:48 PM, Peter Pearson <<a href="mailto:electrocontinuo@gmail.com" target="_blank">electrocontinuo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I think my favorite, or at least most used tool, is an Xcelite R3322 screwdriver. Couldn't live without one.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 5:23 AM mark verbos via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Electrician’s Scissors can cut very thick stuff, strip, deburr and more. 8 years ago or something Paul Schreiber said the best wire cutters are Erem 522N, I couldn’t believe they were $55 (now even more expensive!) but curiosity got the best of me. Now I’m addicted to them. After destroying several pairs cutting apart sliders that I needed to remove or cutting 1/8” pot shafts, I have found a more robust, flexible, tool to have in my pocket and snip at anything that comes my way. And they’re $14.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Mark<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Feb 9, 2022, at 9:41 PM, grant <a href="http://musictechnologiesgroup.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">musictechnologiesgroup.com</a> <<a href="mailto:grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com" target="_blank">grant@musictechnologiesgroup.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Sorry, what was the deal with scissors? I don't see what function they serve (in the tech area or, gasp, kitchen). Now screw-pliers I actually use.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> GB<br>
>> >>><br>
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