Brian,
It would at least worn one to keep the hands off while the electricity was
on! Would have wired the outlet differently too if there had been two
black wires instead of a black and a white! Sure did ventilate the
darkroom, for a little while anyway.
Gregg
Gregg,
I had the same problem! Dang, I didn't realize all you had to do was change
the color of the wire!!!
Brian P. Huber
>
> Frank,
>
> Not always true. I once rewired an outlet to use for an exhaust fan in a
> darkroom without turning it off cause the wire insulation made me believe
> it was 115 v. Only when the fan started up very fast and quite
> noisily did
> I realize it was really 230 v and had been wired with the wrong colored
> wire! I now always turn off the electricity to work on electricity.
>
> Gregg
>
> Frank wrote:
>
> >Of course it is worse for Americans who are too weak for 230 volt and
> >therefore only have 115 volt household current... they shouldn't even
> >think about opening a flashgun in the first place! <g>
>
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