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Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety

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Feb 20, 2012, 10:30:01 PM2/20/12
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Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety

(1) Beware of the lightning that lurks in an undischarged
capacitor lest it cause thee to be bounced upon thy backside in a
most ungainly manner.

(2) Cause thou the switch that supplies large quantities of juice
to be opened and thusly tagged, so thy days may be long on this
earthly vale of tears.

(3) Prove to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and upon
which thou worketh are grounded lest they lift thee to
high-frequency potential and cause thee to radiate also.

(4) Take care thou useth the proper method when thou taketh the
measure of high-voltage circuits so that thou doth not incinerate
both thee and the meter, for verily though thou hast no account
number and can be easily replaced, the meter doth have one and as
a consequence bringeth much woe upon the supply department.

(5)Tarry thee not amongst those who engage in intentional shocks
for they are surely non-believers and are not long for this
world.

(6) Take care thou tampereth not with interlocks and safety
devices, for this incureth the wrath of thy seniors and bringeth
the fury of the safety officer down upon thy head and shoulders.

(7) Work thee not on energized equipment, for if thou doeth, thy
mates will surely be buying lunch without thee and thy space at
the table will be filled by another.

(8) Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service high-voltage
equipment alone, for electric cooking is a slothful process, and
thou might sizzle in thy own fat for hours on end before thy
Maker sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into His fold.

(9) Trifle thee not with radioactive tubes and substances lest
thou commence to glow in the dark like a lightning bug.

(10) Commit thee to memory the works of the prophets, which are
written in the instruction books, which giveth the straight info
and which consoleth thee, and thou cannot make mistakes.

-From *Orbit*, the Journal of the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory,
Didcot, England (31 January 1965) p.12

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