Question:
My mains are off. Am I safe from electrocution?
He vuelto de mi red. ¿Estoy a salvo por electrocución?
Si lo que necesita hacer trabajos de reparación en su caja de interruptores, cables eléctricos o desea instalar un panel secundario, es muy importante para desactivar la alimentación de la casa antes de intentar el trabajo. Es fácil suponer que una vez que la red se desactivan que ahora está completamente seguro para empezar a trabajar, pero los electricistas experimentados saben un voltímetro debe ser utilizado para probar el panel eléctrico para asegurarse de que está libre de la electricidad.
Incluso si la prueba voltímetro muestra que ningún poder se va a su circuito de interruptores, todavía hay un peligro de electrocución. Los cables de alimentación principal que conduce a la caja de circuitos quedan en tensión a pesar de que la red se encuentran en la posición de apagado. Los cables de grande y pesado negro por si mismas no se debe tocar bajo ningún concepto. Ellos son en vivo, pero el poder simplemente no se están alimentando con el resto del circuito. Cuando su red están en la posición de apagado mantienen la electricidad fluya por el circuito, pero la tensión sigue ahí en los cables, esperando a fluir de nuevo.
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