Re: Rule # 1
"lockout/tagout or fry" is the title of one of the labs I teach!
AMEN: that is the ONLY way to stay safe. 110 220 will make strippers out of your Diagonal cutters. you get much more than that it's a trip to the hospital.
My "foreman" thought he knew everything. you have never seen a pair of dikes Vaporize into a fireball until you have seen someone cut though 3 legs and a ground on 480 three phase.. He sustained 2nd and 3rd deg burns on his arm neck, chest and face.
anyways.
My favorite rule. Put it back where you got it...
"if it ain't broke don't fix it.. and if you do and it breaks, it needed fixin anyways.. "
Or.. (from a movie can you name it?)
Do you know the rule about filling up the car with gas when you take it without asking?