Wait, wait, dear colleagues, throw rotten tomatoes at me and accuse me of sedition.

Some of the readers will now, of course, say:

- "What the hell? You need to check with an indicator, not with your hand!”

“What are you teaching? Cardboard fool! And if one of the newcomers reads? Delete the article now!

- “You are the same electrician as I am a ballerina! If you teach to check with your hand ...!

Everything is correct! You need to check with a voltage indicator or voltage indicator.

But is there a difference: left hand or right hand?

And here it is! And I will prove it to you now.

Suppose you did everything as correctly as possible: de-energized the line (shield, device, cable, etc., etc.), checked all current-carrying elements with an indicator. The indicator nowhere even showed a hint of voltage.

Now you can start working with peace of mind. You touch the current-carrying parts of the device and ... you get an electric shock.

How so?

But you never know ... They turned it off in the wrong place, and the indicator turned out to be faulty. Moreover, before checking the absence of voltage, you did not check its performance.

And therefore ... The first touch is best done with the right hand , and with the back. The left hand should not touch anything. Like it or not, you still have to touch ... so it's better to do it with the right brush.

Let me explain why in simple terms.

The most dangerous current path through the human body:

- from hand to hand (for example, hold on to a metal pole with one hand, and touch the phase with the other hand)

- from the left hand to the right or left leg.

from head to feet.

These three options are dangerous because the heart will be in the path of the current ...

And therefore, it is necessary to avoid the likely passage of current through this vital organ. If the value of the passing current reaches 80-100 milliamps ... the heart can stop!

If you look at the statistics, then the touch with the right hand ranks third in the number of serious consequences after the head-to-foot and hand-to-hand paths. But! Keep in mind that most people are right-handed. And these touches happened in the process of accidental touching while working !!! That's why they happen more often.

Well, the fact that you need to touch it with the outer part of the hand is explained by the fact that in the case of reflex compression of the hand, you will not grab the wire. The hand will simply pull back and you will get off with a lesser blow and of course a fright.

As the saying goes: "Choose the lesser of two evils." By no means do I want to say that touching with the right hand is completely safe ... but in this way you will reduce the possible effect of current on the work of the heart. Moreover, if we are talking about high voltage (more than 1000V) ... even left ... even right - there will be no difference.

Besides …

Some electricians, in the absence of an indicator, check the presence of potential immediately by hand. Well, there are! Don't even argue! It is clear that this is absolutely impossible to do ! But since they do so ... it’s better still with the outer part of the right hand.

For all the above reasons, it is also better to use the indicator with the right hand. You never know what ... with an indicator ...