Originally posted by DennyW
Yes, on alternating current for residential, and factories, you always switch the hot side. That way, when you have a faulty ground, and it runs through you, you only get about 60 volts, instead of the full 120, hahaha.
Had a guy at Winnebago touch a hot 440 circuit on a stamping press one day. Only thing that saved him was his elbow was resting on the machine. Blew a hole in his elbow, but he lived to tell about it. Had the 440 gone through his body ...... he would have had a much worse day.