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Originally Posted by harrisvh

You don't have to touch the T.V, if still charged it can arc over your wire cutters, enter your hand and exit at the least resistive point to ground. Please do as Mechanic688 says and be safe or eventually wish that you were.

I understand what your saying ,I am wearing linesmen gloves using lines men clippers wearing nice thick sole boots (not standing in water or on grass) and standing on a found in garbage rubber pizza floor mat (if i am at home) on the road i use a lowes rubber nealing pad , If you were to hand me a live wire it stops at me . Sure no gloves bare foot in a puddle of water using clippers with broken cracked rubber handle i would be dead meat .
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When I was a kid of 19, I worked with an electrician he was probably lazy but he would never shut the power down when changing outlets he just warned me just only touch one wire at a time.I am not going to debate his Battle as even i shut the power at box , but I still handle the possibility of live power the same to this day I always am set up so i am not able to ark.
Even if i use power tools i stand on wood like my my father did.
One may say i don't take enough precautions but for me it works i cut that wire in a blink of an eye & pull away like a cowboy one hand till diffused Now to any newbies this is just IMO for me ,for you do as the others say as per post #17