Steve B wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message
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Metspitzer wrote:
(04-19) 13:09 PDT DALY CITY -- A 19-year-old gas-station worker in
Daly City was electrocuted as he was changing a fluorescent light, an
autopsy found Monday.

Mustafa Algazawy of San Francisco was changing a 16-foot-long,
120-volt bulb at the 76 gas station on South Mayfair Avenue when he
was electrocuted about 1:20 p.m. Sunday, said San Mateo County Coroner
Robert Foucrault.
Is there really any such thing as a 16 foot bulb?

Some of those attendants at the convenience stores have long arms. Wouldn't
one have to touch both ends at the same time to be electrocuted?

Besides him possibly being grounded, if the voltage and frequency is
high enough, you don't even need a ground path. Imagine a little static
shock you often get in the winter, then think of that same little zap
hitting you 120 times per second, or if it's from an electronic ballast
the frequency goes up to 20,000 Hz (40,000 times per second) or higher.