Sunday, January 25, 2009

Ye Olde 10 Commandments of Electrical Safety

Okay. Probably like most hams that use the internet, I am a subscriber to a few Yahoo! groups. On a daily basis I get a digest from each of these groups and I read them on a semi-daily basis. I generally don't post items on any of my sites about the things I read but this one topic was pretty fun to read and I would like to share it, giving credit to those who sent it out in the first place.

So, here it is in it's entirety. I hope you enjoy.

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Ye Olde 10 Commandments of Electrical Safety

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Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:24 pm (PST)

Ye Olde 10 Commandments of Electrical Safety

1. Beware the lightning that lurketh in the undischarged capacitor, lest it cause thee to bounce upon thy buttocks in a most un-technicianlike manner.

2. Cause thou the switch that supplieth large quantities of juice to be opened and thus tagged, that thy days in this Earthly vale of tears be long.

3. Prove to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and upon which thou toil are grounded and thusly tagged lest they lift thee unto radio heaven

4. Tarry thou not amongst those fools that engageth in intentional shocks, for they are surely non believers and are not longeth for this world.

5. Take care that thou useth the proper method when thou taketh the measure of a high voltage circuit, lest thou incinerate both thyself and thy meter.

6. Take care thou tampereth not with interlocks and safety devices, for this incurreth the wrath of thy supervisor and bringeth the fury of the safety inspector upon thy head and about thy shoulders.

7. Toil not thou on energized equipment, for if thou so doest, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow and console her in way not acceptable to thee.

8. Service thou equipment not alone, for electrical cooking is a slothful process and thou mine sizzle in thine own juices for hours upon a hot circuit before thy maker sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into his fold.

9. Trifle thou not with radioactive tubes and substances lest thou commenceth to glow in the dark liketh a lightning bug and thy wife hath no further use for thee except for thy wages.

10. Causeth thou to be tagged all modifications made by thee upon equipment lest thy successor teareth out his hair and goeth slowly mad in his attempt to decide what manner of creature madeth a nest in the wiring of such equipment.

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