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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
DO NOT TRY THE FOLLOWING!!!!
Some older electricians I've seen don't use a voltmeter to test a circuit, they'll just lick their thumbtip and fingertip, and touch both contacts, letting the current travel through one and out the other. With a lack of a ground, and no path through the heart or brain, no permanent damage results.
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LOL. Yeah, I worked with an electrician in college once that did that. Dude was NUTS.
And Mephisto, yes you're correct, especially since the mains in the US are* 220. They only get split to twin legs of 110 in the main breaker box.