| . . .
| Now, just for the hell of it, with the lamp in your living room
unplugged
| from the wall, cut the wire off and scrape off the insulation
| from one of the two leads at free end. Be careful that the bare end of
| the other lead is covered with tape. Now put the plug back into the
wall
| and touch only the
| exposed lead with your right hand.... NO SHOCK! Try touching that same
| lead
| with both hands at the same time..... NO SHOCK! It's the same as
trying
| to light a 120V electric bulb with only one connection to the bulb.
|
| Are you willing to bet your life on the theory that you teach???
| I am!
|
| Herb
Careful trying this, Tina! You must make sure that every point of your
body is well insulated from ground! I suggest using an AC voltmeter ( or
a neon test lamp) as the first guinea pig instead of your body.
( Note there is some "Russian Roulette" here because, in standard systems,
one of the lines is connected to ground at the junction box.)