Originally Posted by
lowbrow
Oh you were working on the live panel? I thought you were just at a junction box. Lol, that scares the crap outta me too - you are probably like me and have a 200 amp service. Those 200 amps will cook a person pretty fast. My electric boiler takes 100 of those amps, and when it runs full out, the 100 amp cord going to it gets warm.
Yeah same thing here. I have a 200 amp service, but from the pole it is about 230 coming in on the hot terminals, so you can run 220 wiring for dryers and such.
Like I said, I said some prayers before, during and after, and I am glad the good Lord let me spend some more days on this earth. One time was a little hairy and I should have gotten shocked, but luckily just a spark
