well I will put in my two cents worth. I apologize to begin with as i did not go through each and every entry here. So if I am repeating I'm sorry. My DH grew up under his contractor dad and my sons are electricians. I have had it drummed into me that even tho a cord is unplugged from the item if it is still plugged into the outlet the electricity is still going through that cord. So don't touch the end and don't leave it dangling. Unplugging it from the outlet is the wisest thing to do.