Respirene C electrical insulation (Busse Basics)

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From an urban scenario standpoint it is very possible to find the need to cut through powered equipment (intentionally or accidentally). Has anybody made a study on what level of insulation protection you get with the R-C handles in the COmbat Basics?

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I don't know if anyone has, and it would be a major liability exposure for anyone to come out here and recommend the use for "rapid de-energizations".

Only approved and designed tools should be used to work in an electrical environment, and live/hot/powered/energized work is dangerous and should not be attempted.

Better safe than dead.
 
Not purposedly and not high voltage but I guess there should be some level of protection since is rubber like, it is just out of curiosity only. Have not thought of a megger test, I'll give it a try.
 
Come on guys! it was just a question out of curiosity I'm not going to hack at a power line or something like that. I'm an engineer by training and materials and high performance equipment interest me a lot.
 
Understood man, just don't know that this is the place to find the true answer.

Maybe the UL site? Dunno.
 
No offense taken, I know that people post crazy stuff sometimes. I knew that I was probably going to get "electrocuted" a little bit by posting this thread :D

I guess I was mainly interested in knowing if Busse Combat Co. advertised insulation as a property of Respirene at some point. I know that other knife companies have claimed this on some of their products.
 
the Res-C would probably be enough to keep you from getting zapped, were it not for the brass lanyard tube at the bottom that is most certainly in contact with the blade's tang. I'm sure it'd keep you from getting killed by household voltages if you weren't touching that brass tube though. Anything higher and really, you need a tool that's specifically rated for high voltage insulation, maybe they have some dielectric properties for resiprene-C in a book or internet resource somewhere, but I've never looked.
 
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Im an aprentice electrician, And i can safley say that it is a really bad idea to use a knife for that. While it might not tgo through the RES-C, There is still the very real possibility of the blade turning into shrapnel.
 
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