In alt.engineering.electrical Homer J Simpson wrote:

| Then you can work hot if you clearly understand the safety rules and have
| the proper equipment.

Working hot on 120/240 is certainly not within my comfort zone. Yet I
would feel entirely comfortable having up to 600 volts coming into my
home and dropping it down to 120/240 with my own transformer, and using
it direct on some big appliances if they made versions for such voltage
as long as I had a separate main isolation disconnect for it.

But I admit I did replace a receptacle hot once. But that was when I
was stupid (i.e. in college). And I didn't even let any of the bright
blue pixies pop loose.

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