Best Electrical Safety Quotes

"Anytime you're working inside of a panel, you want to do as much as you can to get the power totally off."

"Remember with a fan, but can use power gen with it."

"Eliminating this grounded connection that shouldn't ever be here, they've solved their little problem."

"During prolonged use, severe electrical burns may occur, but do not look directly at shocker glove while operating."

"We always say, 'Heat doesn't kill, voltage does.'"

"The purpose of the test is to verify that the insulation between those conductors is actually in good condition."

"If you replace that fuse you're gonna have a very bad day actually your power supply will probably stop you from turning the system on but if your power supply is crap you're going to have a really bad day."

"Not overloading outlets, use a surge protector."

"There's the difference between getting shocked, electroshock, and between getting electrocuted. If you're electrocuted, you're dead. If you're shocked, that means you survived."

"Always turn it off. It's always safer that way."

"Try to get these safety habits into a habit so you're constantly doing them to hopefully never ever have to experience getting shocked or, of course, worse, even worse, getting electrocuted."

"A separate electrical sub-panel for your server closet is strongly recommended."

"Don't work on live circuits if you don't have to."

"50 milliamps is when current becomes very fatal, especially if it passes through the chest causing respiratory paralysis."

"So before we start setting boxes, we're going to know a couple of things. The first thing we've got to know is what does the national electric code say about all those box locations in a kitchen?"

"Safety precautions are non-negotiable when dealing with high voltage."

"Make sure you get like proper high voltage rating fuses if you're going to replace them anyway."

"Working with electricity is not something to play around with, it is very dangerous."

"We then proceeded to call electricians up to the Melt deck to plug in and unplug our phone charger, stating it's electrical, I can't touch it."

"What serves a purpose is what equipment grounding conductors."

"Before making any electrical connections, I'm first going to verify that the power is off to the Circuit in which I'm working on."

"You want to make sure that you always have at least the conductor between the appliance and the breaker that can handle the amperage that the breaker is going to give."

"Emergency switching off shall cause a disconnection of all live conductors."

"It's very important for electrical safety that the earth is properly connected."

"Always use separate 24 volt transformer rated at the proper VA."

"Incorporating into your design... isolation transformer, variac, and a current limiter... will really benefit you and add a lot of safety and convenience to your workload."

"I think these guys are a good alternative if you need to measure that kind of current and you want to be safe."

"The grounding wire must be as short as possible to reduce resistance and ensure better dissipation of ground."

"Some of the products, especially electrical products, obviously not tested and not as safe as the ones that should be on the UK market."

"A non-grounding type receptacle shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground fault circuit interrupter type of receptacle."

"We are drawing 0 amps of current, that's a good sign."

"If I have a split receptacle from two different breakers and they're sharing the neutral coming back, they need to be tied together so when I turn the power off to that box, everything needs to be turned off."

"We need to maintain that we're properly grounded so that we keep that zero potential."

"When you have a loose connection, it generates a lot of electrical resistance which generates heat."

"A single amp of current doesn't seem like much, but it's enough to kill you."

"Sound electrical connections for anything in your home are important, but a heavy draw current device like a swimming pool pump, oh boy, is it ever important to make sound connections."

"A fuse is simply a very thin wire, and it has a certain rating. If the current going through this fuse is less than 10, no problem, but if it's more than 10, this fuse melts just — poof — burns, explodes right that instant."

"If you are working inside of your computer, you should always disconnect from the power source."

"You should always respect electricity and make sure that you are always disconnecting yourself from any power source."

"The whole purpose of this clamp meter, the main idea behind it, is that we can measure high current safely."

"An electrically safe work condition is a state in which the conductors or equipment have been disconnected from energized parts, locked or tagged in accordance with established standards, tested to verify the absence of voltage and, if necessary, temporarily grounded."

"The over voltage and over current protection on this RK606 are working as desired and they're working extremely well."

"The ability to model and simulate variable state of charge in DC short circuit is a very critical and important feature."

"As the state of charge is increasing, the fault current or the arcing current is increasing while the clearing time remains the same."

"When you turn this circuit breaker on, this is going to monitor the current going out of this 120 volts and the current going out on this 120 volts."

"Any wire on the ground or hanging from a pole should be considered live and be avoided."

"Remember always install an RCCB; it is regulation, it is a must."

"It's a quick and easy test; we connect it up, and the tester tells us everything we need to know."

"Always remember before you install any kind of fixture, make sure you're not live, test your wires."

"The polarity test is used to confirm correct wiring at both ends of the lead."

"Make sure that the range is plugged in, that it has electricity."

"It's the current that kills you, not the voltage."

"Get someone who knows what they're doing to do your electrical installations for you."

"Make sure that your system is grounded."

"The transformer will not only make alternating current possible, it will make it safe."

"It's a great idea to put a pack together yourself, so that in the event there is a spike to any of the corresponding electrical components in the van, you've got a backup plan to replace a fuse."

"One benefit you get from opening the circuit completely is that you know you go away on vacation, whatever, or you go to bed that night, get up the next day, there's a storm, some surge came in, you don't have to worry about it hurting your equipment."

"General rule: if you're not qualified, don't touch the electrics."

"It's always best to have the protection as part of the schematic so you have a complete picture from steady-state to fault current levels."

"Make sure your breaker is on, put this back to auto, and you are good to go."

"It's important to observe Electrical Safety to keep everyone safe."

"The purpose of a leakage test is to apply a supply voltage to the appliance to see if there is any current leaking to earth when it's powered on."

"The purpose of a flash test is to test the effectiveness of the insulation by whacking 1.5 kilovolts of line and neutral of the class one appliance to see what leaks back through the earth pin."

"Knowing what electricity and electrical safety devices are and how they work will allow professionals to use their tools wisely and safely."

"Call an electrician immediately because your panel is burning."

"A ground grid or ground mat is designed to create an equipotential plane during a fault."

"As long as your house is wired right, the whole point of the circuit breaker is if you overload your circuit, the breaker trips."

"Is it necessary to use a surge protector with an electric heater?"

"It is important to connect the shield wire at each end of a segment to ground."

"You want the fuse to blow if something's wrong, but you don't want it to blow if there's nothing wrong."

"Shock can kill; if strike occurs, do not step down."

"Bonding puts everything at the same voltage; the grounding ensures that the current goes to ground."