On 12/09/2019 14:33, GB wrote:

I always wear nitrile foam gloves for electrical work. It makes me feel
safer and gives me extra grip as I get older and weaker.

I tend to wear them for lots of DIY/woodwork these days - just for the
enhanced grip, and a bit of protection from splinters etc.

Yesterday, my son tackled me and said that the foam conducts. And he can
prove it. So, we touched one of the neon testers to live, and I lit it
up, through the gloves. Slightly less bright than without the glove.
But, it was definitely glowing a bit.

Worth noting that many modern foam gloves are designed to be slightly
conducting so as to be touch screen compatible.

The more important question is what current can they pass. Might be
interesting to test them with an insulation resistance tester...

So, I pointed out that I was standing on a vinyl floor, on concrete,
wearing rubber trainers, etc. The tester contains a resistor (although I
have not found out the resistance yet - anyone know?)

So, the gloves are only a bit of the resistance in the chain. Anyone
know what the gloves' resistance is? Does that reduce a lot with wear?

It could reduce with sweat, which is salty and conductive.

I'm going to continue wearing them.

I would not read much into what a neon screwdriver does or does not do
anyway.


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Cheers,

John.

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