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Master Electrician explains the 2 Types of Safety Shoes, E-H vs. E-S-D, can save lives, Thoughts?

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This video provides an essential guide on understanding and selecting the correct type of safety shoes for electrical work. A master electrician dad educates his apprentice son on the critical differences between Electrical Hazard (EH) and Static Dissipative (SD) safety shoes, emphasizing their distinct functions and the specific environments where each type should be worn. The instructional content aims to prevent electrical accidents and damage to sensitive electronic equipment by ensuring proper footwear selection.

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Do you know the difference between EH electrical hazard and SD? >> No. What's EH? What is SD? >> Almost the complete opposite. >> Okay. >> So, EH as are electrically protected, right? They're insulated where SD actually act as a piece of wire. >> They actually conduct electricity so that when you're working in a data center, any static that builds up, sometimes your battery your your body could act like a battery. As you're walking, you build up static electricity, right? You remember as a kid with carpet, you'd walk in the carpet with your socks on, you go open your doororknob, you get that little spark, >> a little Yeah. >> Well, they have shoes that will actually discharge any potential that builds up, any static potential. >> Oh, I didn't know that. >> Now, those are special shoes that only you would wear if you are in that type of environment. when [music] you're working with something with electronics that you can't have that spark that could damage any sensitive equipment, but never use SD shoes working on live energized patterns. >> That's good to know >> because it's actually helping create a path. >> I would not the difference between eh electrical hazard and SD are night and day. >> Wow, they're great. Now >> love these. Hey dude.

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