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Wes Groleau

On 10-28-2013, 19:19, wrote:
The EASIEST way to test for a live chassis, or a live wire, is a neon
tester. It will light with only a "capacitive ground" and draws so
little current it is impossible to get a shock from.

That's easier if you know what you are doing. It requires contact with
the point being tested AND with a ground of some sort. Not everything
that is metal or looks like it is even a capacitive ground.

And, unless you understand how the light works, you don't know which
side is hot.

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Wes Groleau

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