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Fact 1260 — A joke about identifying voltage

In one retelling, Professor Gale supposedly suggested telling whether a wire carried 110 or 220 volts by the strength of the shout after touching it; a student joked about 440 volts. I found no reliable original source for this story or confirmation of which Professor Gale it refers to, so it should be treated as an unverified anecdote, not a documented incident. Conductors must never be touched to “measure” them: voltage should be checked with suitable equipment and safe work practices. The illustration is AI-generated.

original AI-generated symbolic editorial illustration of a multimeter and the numbers 110, 220, and 440. It contains no documentary depiction and must not be presented as a photograph or evidence of the anecdote. Creator: OpenAI image generation. No external media or reuse license applies.

original AI-generated symbolic editorial illustration of a multimeter and the numbers 110, 220, and 440. It contains no documentary depiction and must not be presented as a photograph or evidence of the anecdote. Creator: OpenAI image generation. No external media or reuse license applies.