Here's The Dumbest Question Placed on GJ

[MOS3522]

I can't think of any task where bare steel pliers are "better" then rubber grips. YMMV

When working with greasy oily messes, you can't clean the rubber handles but bare metal cleans up with a little kerosene.

 

[Firebird1975]

In this particular case it seems as if an electrician would be best....

 

[four.cycle]

should I put potatoes on my shopping list?

 

[MichaelP]

... can't pee that high any longer.

Do you wanna talk about it?

 

[cpakalolo]

I have to give you the approved way of working on any electrical circuit. You should do the "Off-ON-Off" method we all are told to use. Go to the light and compare the voltage between the button on the bottom of the socket and the aluminum ring the bulb gets screwed into. You should see power. Now turn it off and check the same way to see that it is off. If you already have the power off, then it is off on off. You proved your meter was working in the process. Your wire strippers rammed in there often do the job. Usually, the cement is still in the socket, so you might have to test against the wire in the middle of the cement that connects with the button on the bulb. Some LED bulbs and CFL's have a nail or tack looking button which will not retain the wire when the bulb twists off. On these, it might be hard to find the hot wire and you might have to do it hot anyway. Chuck

 

[niget2002]

Squirt it from a distance with a water gun. It may turn the breaker off for you.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I use this widget.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Southwire-1-Amp-100-To-600-Volt-Digital-Voltage-Detector/5014236763?store=&cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-elc-_-ggl-_-CRP_SHP_PLA_ELC_Online_Mid_Priority(E+Band)_Omni-_-5014236763-_-online-_-22862088189-_-&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22862088189&gbraid=0AAAAAD2B2W8OXf5BdJdlQqBYU8mQlvd7T

 

[nadogail]

Trying to determine the dumbest question puts you in a league with a lot of competition.

Sometimes a I read the questions and am reminded of how dumb I used to be.

 

[pcmeiners]

Easy peasy... Tell your wife to unscrew it...

After which wait until you go to bed as your going to get "unscrewed" for an unknown number of nights.

 

[Chipm]

I’d start with the ol taste test, just so you know what type base you’re working with.

When my daughter was little, she crawled by a 12v charger for one of those robot vacuums on the floor and somehow got the cord in her mouth. She was bawling, and I told my wife it was only 12v and probably didn't hurt that bad. So my wife said, "fine - you try it." And it turns out 12v hurts pretty bad if you lick it.

 

[MR2FC]

When my daughter was little, she crawled by a 12v charger for one of those robot vacuums on the floor and somehow got the cord in her mouth. She was bawling, and I told my wife it was only 12v and probably didn't hurt that bad. So my wife said, "fine - you try it." And it turns out 12v hurts pretty bad if you lick it.

Did the 9v battery as a kid (didn't we all?)

So it seemed a natural progression to try it with the 7.2v batteries we used for RC car racing, and that was a properly painful experience!

As they say, it's not the volts that get you...