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elsparko
if i was working on the supply network id always assume live given the situation of not being able to locally isolate
i learned early on not to trust someones word that they have isolated the correct mcb, grabbing a metal glad switch and my finger tip on the common, gave my first boss a good shouting at for that since i was on a ladder, burnt my finger can still see the mark
a few times working on sockets they would just come back on, bit nippy! as it was a 1 man band operation health and safety was put to the side, working from digger buckets etc lol, was ok as long as someone left the engine on , but often the farmer would bugger off and the hydraulics would slowly start losing pressure
my second boss was a wealth of knowledge, no idea how he kept all the information in his brain on hand at any given time when questioned, his only flaw was giving directions to jobs "its the house with the blue boat" aye but which street is it on!
