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[QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 3987006, member: 6158"]
I had the misfortune in college of thinking I could mastermind the disabling of a wall light switch (which happened to connect to the outlet my alarm was plugged into).  People would sometimes come into my room and turn the light on,  wake me up etc.  so I decided no problem;  I'll just take the plate off and "disable" it.
Well,  I somehow "completed the circuit" between the two screws which held the wires with my large Stanley screwdriver.  As flames shot out of the hole in the wall I got sent a few feet into the opposite wall and banged my head against it and the screwdriver was melted right down to the handle.  The wall was blackened above the hole and had there been wallpaper instead of paint it could have been fire ( outside  or inside the wall). This was an 8 story apartment building so not sure what circuit breakers they had.  Lucky I wasn't electrocuted.

The problem with electricity is what you don't know (or are careless about) that can bring disaster.
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