Gloves That Will Work Against Electrical Shocks

Wandering Flame · 20 Jun 2010

*Sigh* sorry for making two topics that weren't necessarily discussing the same thing...it was also so that I can get answers to each question since I'm used to always having my questioned partially answered when I group them all in one post.
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I believe there are gloves that are safe to use when handling with any kind of cables such as coaxial cables, power cables and so on.

However I'm not so sure about the following two types. I have a pair of latex gloves and vinyl gloves.

Would these generally be safe against electrical shocks from a power outlet (like duplex receptacle outlets)?

And what about against coaxial outlets? I noticed there could be slight sparks coming from those sometimes when connecting them to coaxial cables.

Thank you so much for your help.
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Now I have a question regarding coaxial outlets.

I was wondering could these be dangerous at all.

I know power outlets can be dangerous for obvious reasons. You can get shocked because of the power running to the outlet.

However I understand coaxial, and phone outlets get some kind of power which explains why there are surge protectors designed to protect coaxial/phone outlets from getting power spikes, so obviously they must get some kind of power.

So would this mean dealing with coaxial outlets involves some kind of risk of getting shocked?

DocBrown · 21 Jun 2010

I believe telephone wires carry 9-12 volts of current. As I have been shocked many times by them. TV coax may have voltage if it connected to a sat dish with a LNB.
Also CB radio coax carries a jolt during powered transmissions to the antenna.

You might check with an electrician to see what they use

Wandering Flame · 21 Jun 2010

Ok, well my TV was connected to a DISH receiver, and the DISH receiver was connected to my wall coaxial outlet.

However there was no DISH signal to the wall coaxial outlet so the TV was not getting a signal from my DISH satellites.

Also what's an LNB?

DocBrown · 21 Jun 2010

Wandering Flame said:

Ok, well my TV was connected to a DISH receiver, and the DISH receiver was connected to my wall coaxial outlet.

However there was no DISH signal to the wall coaxial outlet so the TV was not getting a signal from my DISH satellites.

Also what's an LNB?

LNB is the head on the Dish unit that collects the reflected signal from the Dish & then sends it down the coax to the Dish receiver unit.

Wandering Flame · 21 Jun 2010

I was hooking up a DISH receiver in my mom's room and did not think I was getting myself into something bad...after all, to me it involved just plugging in some power plugs and some coaxial cables. The power plugs went fine.

But then when connecting one of the coaxial cables from my DISH receiver to the wall...I noticed there was like a sound coming from my DISH receiver and I think I noticed slight sparks coming from the coaxial outlet from my wall

. If I knew this would happen I would not have gone through with any of this and from now on I am not...well...I don't know...I mean I could use special protective gloves each time I hook something up but that would be a little....uhh...over the top I would say...**** this....

Wandering Flame · 21 Jun 2010

Hey, I was just wondering but would you say there is anything wrong with using either latex or vinyl gloves when handing just coaxial? I think latex gives better protection than vinyl when dealing with electrical shocks but I was wondering if any of these are safe or if any of these are not when just handling coaxial lines.

I dealt with the coaxial cables today like I said, and I was wearing disposable vinyl gloves. Originally the reason was to protect my hands and nails against scratches and bumps...and had no idea I may be at risk of getting any kind of shocks.

But, I did some research and apparently latex and/or vinyl gloves may give some kind of protection against electricity, as stated here: http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f78/do...ricity-148851/

But that is a forum topic so I'm not sure if it's so reliable.

So...who would say vinyl gloves are not safe against shocks? That is when it comes to dealing with coaxial cables.

Ok here is the deal. My TV was powered on, and hooked up to only my DISH receiver via coax.

My DISH receiver was also powered on, and I was connecting it to the coax outlet from my wall, which may or may not have been getting signals from my DISH satellite. I didn't wait any longer to see after I saw the slight sparks coming from my coaxial outlet and after hearing the repetitive noise from my DISH receiver box.

derekimo · 21 Jun 2010

I'm guessing those sparks were because you were powered up as you say, you

should have made all the connections BEFORE powering anything up.

It sounds like you may have tripped something or blown a fuse, hopefully nothing

major happened.

As for gloves are talking about using surgical type latex or like dishwashing gloves?

here's some google images of shock proof gloves

shock proof gloves - Google Search

strollin · 21 Jun 2010

Instead of trying to find gloves to protect you why don't you do the proper thing and turn the satellite receiver off when connecting the cables? The coax from the receiver carries power for the satellite dish LNB, you could damage your receiver if you short the coax to ground when fiddling with the cable. You really should always turn the receiver off before connecting/disconnecting the coax.

The voltage is about 18V which isn't enough to hurt you but you could damage the receiver.

Joan Archer · 21 Jun 2010

I think also it depends on the kind of LNB the dish has whether you can connect one or two cables to it.

Wandering Flame · 22 Jun 2010

Well even if I turned off the DISH receiver wouldn't there still be power going to the coaxial outlet from by DISH satellite or from something else? I wouldn't know how to de-power the coaxial outlet anyway and I never thought it could really shock you for as long as I thought, didn't think it could do anything. It's not like an AC outlet.

Also gloves were a just-in-case thing, never meant to be the main safety method...of course depowering everything is the number one step. I just didn't think coaxial had any to much "power" at all...I thought it just carried signals like Ethernet and phone cables do.