Eigenvector wrote:
A couple three basic questions that I'm not willing to test myself.

When pigtailing wires together, you won't get shocked so long as 1) the
breaker to that circuit is off 2) you aren't touching both the neutral
AND the hot wire. Meaning, if I grab two hot wires and pig-tail them
(like when adding in a dimmer) I won't get shocked so long as I'm not
touching the neutral wire AND the breaker to that circuit is off. I'm
not trying to be ultra safe here so much as I'm trying to make sure that
in situation where switching off the breaker isn't a guarentee that
power is off for that fixture.

Second question, if I take the probe leads from my volt meter and jam
them into an outlet, it's not gonna short the circuit but do exactly
what I would expect it to do - read the potential difference between the
two sockets in AC volts (assuming your voltmeter is reading AC volts).

And finally, when splicing phone line, do the wires normally carry
voltage sufficient to shock or could you essentially splice them with
your teeth if you had to?

Check back, this idiot does NO research as the questions have been asked
and answered many times! So don't waste yours.