In article , "Twayne" wrote:

Because you're too thick to understand
the dangers of the OP's situation is your problem, not mine.

Twayne, the more you post on this topic, the more you look like an idiot. Read
the thread from the very beginning. *My* first post in the thread was maybe
the third response the OP received -- and the first four words of that post
are "Call an electrician NOW".

I understand the dangers of the OP's situation just fine -- what you fail to
understand is that there is no reason at all to suppose that his problems are
in any way related to an Edison circuit.

Edison ckts are
inherently dangerous to humans working on them

If you knew anything at all about the subject, you would know that's not true.
Tell me this: if Edison circuits are "inherently dangerous", why are they
permitted under both the NEC and the CEC?