Originally Posted by
Bohemian1
For the only, exactly one, Power (i.e. > 5 volts) class I was forced to take, our lab prof would stand proximate to all kinds of sinister, high voltage thingys with one hand in his pocket "for safety". That, and his tie dangling right over the spinning bits of teh aforementioned thingys.
The ring was the least of his problems.
To this day there are still occasions when I work with one hand in my pocket. So far, this approach has helped me successfully avoid being electrocuted
(And ... no. A proper experiment with double blind controls has
not been conducted. Or electrocuted)