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Just use the old one hand in the back pocket trick if in doubt. And poke with a dry finger, don’t dip your hand in seawater then grab on to the electrode, you’ll be fine ; basic mains elec safety precautions.

I wonder if most sparkies are men - I’m not sure i’ve ever met a woman electrician.

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RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I’ve met a few, and they were/are damned good electricians. Quality was A1, as a former electrician.

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- idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I don’t know how to phrase this politely, but it comes from a place of love: were they just as nuts as male electricians?
  
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  - RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The ones I met at my current job are both laid back, the journey(wo)man is a kind older church-going lady who likes pink work gloves while working on 3ph 480 lines, the apprentice is my age and speaks softly but has a lot of excellent tattoos and probably dirt bikes.
    
    So iunno. Other than being good and reliable electricians, they may be crazy in different ways, but I like em both.
    
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Ava@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Back pocket trick?

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- rushaction@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It’s to prevent the person from completing a circuit across their chest if accidentally touching a ground or the like with their other arm. Hearts don’t like that.
  
  Just a way to reduce risk when working with electricity.
  
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