UberGerbil wrote:So you're saying all those times as a kid I shuffled my stockinged feet on the carpet and got shocked, I was practicing a kind of homeopathy?
120V stings and makes you say bad words. 240V seriously gets your attention and the same viewpoint as after a weekend bender, i.e. "I'll never do that again".
Working in a live box is simple. Rubber pad to stand on and one hand behind your back at any time you "break the plane" of the panel rim with a finger or a tool you're holding. Rewired my whole house working in a live panel and never got jolted once (I did shut down the mains at the meter on the front porch for the initial panel replacement and mains hookup down in the cellar. I ain't that crazy, as the next upstream breaker is rated in thousands of amps). Took more jolts changing out bum outlets and switches while discovering the cross-connected nature of the wiring system left to me by the previous owners. Pull breaker, light goes out. Pull apart box, find live wire. That project was 10 years ago but I'll never forget it.