[TechAssist] Re: Fingertip Voltmeter anyone???

  • From: "techforce" <techforce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:55:05 -0500




Touch your Tongue accross a new  9 Volt battery. Beats drinking Coffee for a
Wake up in the AM.

:o)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "MCCET" <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Fingertip Voltmeter anyone???


>
> FYI
> Found on the net.,
>
>
>
> Subject: a neat trick
> Newsgroups: alt.
> View this article only
> Date: 2002-01-3
>
>
> If you dont have any way to test if a phone line is live or what the
> polarity is you can do this. Take the wires and strip them back about 1
> inch, spit on your index finger and lay both the wires holding them about
a
> millimeter apart in the spit on your finger . If its live you will feel a
> little shock. The Ring side of the wires will start to fizzle if you look
> closely, identifying the polarity of the line in question.
>  This was taught to me by a technician while he was installing my DSL
> service this morning.
>
>
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