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More people are killed by the 120/240 volt household voltages than all other high voltages combined! The reason is simple, techs who work on 30,000+ volt TV's, or 100,000 volt transmission lines are highly trained and have great respect for the forces that they are dealing with, they spent the time, energy, and money to fully understand all facets of their given field, they know what each component does. Unfortunately I have read very few posts here or in other threads dealing with electricity that even remotely come close to being true, most are just perpetuated myths or misunderstandings. I won't go into to detail for the same reason glc exercises moderation on the subject, but I will say this, shorting a capacitor with a paper clip can result in that cap blowing apart like a grenade, and capacitors, like a CRT can regenerate voltage even after being discharged with the proper method and left sitting for days to weeks. Yes this maybe over cautious, but why spend your 18th birthday in a grave because a friend of a friend who couldn't pass sixth grade without Jethro's help told you so.
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