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Would have been a bad time to find out you had a heart condition. Grabbing with both hands (and being distracted) is indeed very dangerous, which is why the comment you replied to mentioned taking care. Many electricians will do small tasks without cutting off the power and it’s entirely possible to do things reasonably safely if you take some basic precautions.



I thought is needless to say that no once more in my life was distracted while working with anything above 12V... I've much more respect now.




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