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Hello Wayne - 

CA>> I won't be 'fiddling' with the switch with the power cord
CA>> plugged into the house current. I will attempt to detect
CA>> the AC using a multimeter then apply jumper(s) with the
CA>> power cord unplugged and then apply power after that. Wish
CA>> me luck. :-) 

WC> I'll wish you acute thinking and a rational approach to a
WC> successful outcome will that do? 

OK, I'll work with that. ;-) 

WC> My own experiences with electricity has not been without
WC> incident thus I tend to err on the side of caution with no
WC> dependence on luck. 

WC> Luck I consider was being momentarily blinded by the blue
WC> flash, a partially vaporized screwdriver rendering it
WC> useless but otherwise no other injury ;-) 240 in that case. 

I was attempting to install a new plug for an electric stove
some years ago. The power was _supposed_ to be off at the fuse
box. I shorted the wires and it sounded like a large (m80)
firecracker in my face. Embedded bits of copper into my
sunglasses and face. Good thing I was a kid and wore my
sunglasses indoors huh? 

WC> Long time ago oops. 

I still remember my one oops and I do try to avoid fiddling
with electricity as much as possible. Some years ago an
aquaintance who was an electrical engineer almost electrocuted
himself and was hospitalized for over six months and then had
lost some of his memory afterwards. I feel forewarned. :-) 

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