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What prevents you from receiving an electric shock?

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Not touching a live conductive part of a circuit is a great way to prevent you from receiving an electrical shock!

Along with this the circuit breaker should trip if there is a fault on the circuit, or a GFCI if there is no ground in the circuit

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