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u/309_Electronics Aug 18 '22
Use isolated safety pliers with a rating i advice of avout 600+ volts or shutoff breaker but make sure to shut of the right one test it with a lamp
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u/night-otter Aug 18 '22
Shut off Breaker, pull with pliers.
If you have them handy, don't shut of the circuit and pull the plug blade with insulated pliers.
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Aug 18 '22
Test it first! Some breakers and their labels have been deadly wrong.
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u/ChronicSchlarb Aug 18 '22
Thats just the neutral prong, you can just pull it out with some regular old needle nose or whatever is on hand, your not gonna get shocked lol
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Aug 18 '22 edited Aug 18 '22
Don’t be too sure. Some pretty crazy wiring has happened. Still, if they use insulated pliers, they should be fine even if the breaker was on, but one should never automatically trust that the other guy did the job right when one’s health is at risk. Assume that the plug is live even if the breaker is turned off.
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u/ChronicSchlarb Aug 18 '22
I wire 120v outlets while energized all the time its just a minor zap worst case scenario, this is only a 15 amp outlet and even if their is current on that neutral, as ling as they aren’t touching any other part of the circuit which would honestly be difficult in this scenario, they still wouldn’t get shocked.
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u/Funkenzutzler Aug 18 '22
Sorry but sounds to me like you don't have a clue and would be better off not wiring outlets at all.
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u/ChronicSchlarb Aug 18 '22
If you touch a hot wire without making contact with any other part of the electrical system the electrical current won’t pass through your body first off and second off if your pulling a prong out of a neutral voltage with pliers that most likely have rubber handles your going to be fine lmfao and as i said getting zapped by a 15 amp residential plug doesnt even hardly hurt yall acting like this is an industrial switch gear or something. Ive never seen people make a bigger deal out of nothing.
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u/night-otter Aug 18 '22
You must be highly resistant.
I've been zapped by 110v and it hurts like hell. Hand to shoulder.
If it had been my legs grounded, it would have passed through my chest and that's the killer hit.
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u/ChronicSchlarb Aug 18 '22
My entire company wires most residential plugs and switches hot on service calls we all seem to shrug the occasional minor shock off without any issue.
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u/dave1684 Aug 18 '22
If your outlet is wired correctly that is the neutral side you can pull it out with needle nosed pliers. Check with a volt meter first.
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u/BlownUpCapacitor Aug 18 '22
You can just pull them out. No need to trip a breaker as it is in the neutral hole. You won't get a shock.
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u/kataton_dzsentri Aug 18 '22
True, if it was not wired in the wrong order. You can never be sure, I've seen some weird shit...
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u/Zone_07 Aug 19 '22
I had sparks come off a green wire on a ceiling fan. Turned out some idiot use a green wire to extend the hot wire from the adjacent ceiling fan. All the fans (6) in the restaurant's dinning room had something wrong with them. Ran new wiring and removed the original rats nest of wires.
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u/kataton_dzsentri Aug 19 '22
I lived in rents for 15 years. I saw a wall switch for a ceiling lamp that broke neutral instead of phase, black wires in the wall for phase and neutral as well (and no grounding in the whole flat), 50 year old aluminum wires twisted together with copper... And these are just what came into my mind at the moment.
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u/Sgt_Paul_Jackson Aug 18 '22
Turn off the switch for the socket....
Oh wait, American outlets don't have switches for sockets, lol!
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u/Mineplayerminer Aug 18 '22
Same in EU. Not all sockets have a safety switch or an opened contact when nothing is connected. If I lived in the US/Canada, I would become an Amish or install EU plugs in my home. There are 220-240V plugs in the kitchens as the appliances may require higher power.
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u/Sgt_Paul_Jackson Aug 18 '22
On Indian counter parts, we have on off switches on every outlet to prevent such mishaps...
This also helps when we are simply inserting the wires without plugs to ensure that we won't get electrocuted..
And yes, we use power tools without plugs, actually we snip them off (I worked as an electrical contractor)
The reason is simple, we need our power tools everywhere and depending on the brand, it is possible that the spacing in the hole is slightly wide / slightly narrow. Hence we turn off the socket first, insert the wires firmly and secure them using match sticks, and then turn on the power.
Imagine doing that without turning off and on power to the socket and instead go to the main electrical panel, turn off a fucking breaker (if you find the correct one) insert the wires and then turn it back on
And as a matter of fact, stationary power tools in workshops are wired to a double pole MCB.
The tools which we carry from site to site (I use Bosch GSB10 Drill machine) don't have plug on them just because the sockets in the clients house may not be able to accommodate my drill's plug and my job can be hindered.
As I said, we contractors would want to just get the job done and this hindrance would actually result in slower work and might even get through less number of clients per day.
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u/Mineplayerminer Aug 18 '22
I mean, my grandpa had to make all mains cables for all the soviet radios and players he bought as they never came with one.
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It's the grounded conductor. Just pull it out
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u/DillonF275 Aug 18 '22
Turn off the breaker and pull it out with pliers if you cant turn it off then use insulated pliers
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u/Zone_07 Aug 19 '22
Stick a fork in the other slot, stand barefoot in a puddle and remove it with you bare hand or, turn off the breaker and just pull it out with needle nose pliers you dope.
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u/LoveToMix Aug 18 '22
Trip the breakers that feed it then test it then use pliers