Dear David:
One fairly safe way to check for the presence of electrical voltage, before
working on your lights would be the following:
1. dig a whole in the lawn just outside your garage, about eight feet
deep;
2. Fill the whole with a mixture of soil and ground charcoal;
3. Wet the whole with several gallons of water which is introduced at a slow
rate;
4. Drive a standard copper-coated eight foot ground rod down in to the
whole tamping the loose mixture around the ground rod:
5. attach a heavy copper wire to the ground rod and using insolated gloves,
use the other end of the copper wire to probe the entire area inside and on the
edge of the light socket and broken bulb, taking care not to cut yourself on
any glass that may remain;
6. Once the probing is done, attach one lead of a volt meter to the copper
wire, and using the other probe from the volt meter, check to ascertain if
there is any voltage measured from all points available to you and the wire
7. If no voltage differential is found, you are safe to touch the remains
of the bulb;
8. a short cut, have your significant other to stick her finger in to the the
remains of the light bulb, while making sure to touch the outer edge of the
bulb at the same time If you hear no complaints, then it is safe to remove the
broken bulb.
;
Lastly, if she does protest a bit after touching the broken bulb, because of a
tingling sensation, run for your life!
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
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