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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 446538" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>You have obviously never encountered a situation where the volt stick did not show live, but the neon DID.</p><p></p><p>I would NEVER trust a non contact device to prove dead. They can (to some extent) prove live and the non contact way they work can check a cable (again with limitations) before you cut it.</p><p></p><p>Use a proper meter to REALLY prove dead.</p><p></p><p>I am still waiting for someone to show me a real world example of where harm was actually done to someone using a neon screwdriver. People seem to worry about the microamps that flow through you and talk about the risk of component failure within them making them lethal, but I have never seen an example of this actually happening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 446538, member: 6969"] You have obviously never encountered a situation where the volt stick did not show live, but the neon DID. I would NEVER trust a non contact device to prove dead. They can (to some extent) prove live and the non contact way they work can check a cable (again with limitations) before you cut it. Use a proper meter to REALLY prove dead. I am still waiting for someone to show me a real world example of where harm was actually done to someone using a neon screwdriver. People seem to worry about the microamps that flow through you and talk about the risk of component failure within them making them lethal, but I have never seen an example of this actually happening. [/QUOTE]
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