Patent ID: 6941580

Claim:
The method for accessing electrical components energized at voltage of about 500 volts rms and below, comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one tightly fittable rubber insulating glove effective to electrically insulate a gloved hand from said electrical components, said glove having a palm region, a hand back region, and finger sheaths, each of said finger sheaths extending from a base region to a fingertip region; (b) lining at least the palm region and hand back region of the interior of the glove with a non-conductive, adhesively retained flock effective to facilitate removal of the glove from the hand with the flock diminishing from the bases of the finger sheaths to be substantially absent at the fingertip regions; (c) placing said lined glove on the hand to provide a tightly fitting gloved hand; (d) accessing said electrical components with said gloved hand; and (e) periodically removing said glove from said gloved hand to cool and remove moisture from the hand and glove and thereafter replacing said glove upon said hand.