oldslabsides wrote: 
I keep reading that as hairywiredness.

 Xeric wrote: 
please use the correct terminology.

 dionysius wrote: 
Probably easy enough, if you can access the point where the existing cord ties onto some lugs somewhere, and if it's attached in some detachable way.  Both of which are probably the case.

 dionysius wrote: 
It'll work :-)

 dionysius wrote: 
good idea ...

Old dishwasher uninstallation complete, at last. Now reading installation instructions for new unit (that liberal arts education being useful after all). I had the bright idea that we didn't need to use the plug for the new unit at all—instead of installing new plug etc., just use OLD wire to power new gizmo. I hope it works.

we had to pull one back out and re-do the wiring (sorta rigged it up to work then came back the next day with the right tools)...  You can see the dishes are still inside... appy didn't care

 OCDHG wrote: 
Gotta agree there...I've been the assistant on two such installs.   

(She says, skipping form page 1 to page 4, and reading nothing in-between ...)

 Beaker wrote: 
  Holy crap

 Lazy8 wrote: 
Yup.  Ruined a nice Leatherman tool that way, once.  Come to think of it, I was working on a dishwasher! 

 OCDHG wrote:
 
I've been known to flip circuit breakers that way. No big deal as long as you hold the fat end of the screwdriver and it's one you don't mind arc welding with.

Callum has a slightly different problem—200V mains instead of 110. Not a huge difference tho. Just a slightly larger spark.

 OCDHG wrote: 
Ummm..... ya' think? 



I say that about BDH.  A lot.  To his face.

 Xeric wrote: 
My brother is an electrician and he doesn't bother with those testers... he just touches the wire real fast to see if its live or not.  As we say around the farm, "he ain't right."

 Xeric wrote: 


That's pretty much how I found out about back emf. We had two transformers running in series to get some project charges up. It worked great, then started unplugging it. I unscrewed the terminals of the project, my accomplice turned off the mains and *bang* I'm sitting on the floor with my head in a cupboard

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
yes , this about what i looked like xeric

 schtan wrote: 
I love him and stuff... but his mech skills and tools are convenient.    I'm no slouch with my tools but BDH is a god.

 Xeric wrote: 


And then there was the fellow who completed the circuit of a car battery with a Crescent wrench...

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

 schtan wrote: 
Bah.  It's just the surprise and the sparks that get ya.  I've been known to test whether a circuit was hot by jabbing at the wires with a screwdriver.  Cross up all the possible combinations, no sparks and sizzles, circuit not hot.

I recommend this approach for people who are still as young and dumb as I was then.