RBM (remove this) wrote:
You'd be better off with a light bulb in a pigtail socket or anything that
can assure that you do or don't have 120 volts to neutral and to ground



"Native" wrote in message
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You really need to get a real tester. With the switch off, the hot
should be dead.

What is a real tester? I did go buy a little pen like device that beeps
when it is near voltage. It beeps near the ceiling fixture with the
switch on or off.



I think the best advice is, if you have to ask these kinds of
questions, you should call an electrician, or at least a friend who
knows what he's doing. If you screw up, someone can get killed or the
house can burn down.