Cut then shocked...
Tuesday Oct 07, 2008
Being joe handyman, when I needed to change an outdoor light bulb last night, I just jumped right in. The bulb is tricky in that the light itself is small and the receptacle holding the bulb moves around so removing the bulb is an interesting trick. I had both hands inside the light and was griping the part of the light fixture that holds the bulb while twisting the bulb out. I clearly used too much force and broke the bulb in my hand. Of course, my sidekick and helpful spouse was there watching and kind of laughed after she realized I wasn't going to die.
Then as I moved my hands to get them out of the light to check for cuts, I got a nice jolt of electricity. Pure household current at it finest. At that point I further crushed the lightbulb in my hand only to have said helper yell at me for making a further mess, she didn't realize what happened. After asking, I likely screamed, to get me some shoes and the shop vac, I determined that I only had 3 small cuts. After she vacuumed around me, she had quite a laugh and I'm sure it was quite funny as well.
Live and learn.
Of course I know about electrical hazards and don't typically do stuff like this, but how many of you turn off the light before replacing the bulb? I can't recall ever breaking a bulb in my hands before. Next time, the switch will be off.
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I do make sure the light is off before I change it...