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re: Changing a light fixture without flipping breaker
Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:28 pm to learnthehardway
Posted on 1/21/17 at 1:28 pm to learnthehardway
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Just turn it off at the switch bro
For most situations, sure, but there is the possibility the light has the hot wire coming to it directly from a junction box and the switch just completes the circuit. In that case, you can certainly still electrocute yourself with the light switch off.
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Posted on 1/21/17 at 2:00 pm to slackster
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there is the possibility the light has the hot wire coming to it directly from a junction box and the switch just completes the circuit. In that case, you can certainly still electrocute yourself with the light switch off.
This. I've come across that exact scenario before.
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