Why should an electrician use rubber gloves while repairing an electric switch at your home?

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Rubber is a bad conductor of electricity or simply an insulator which does not allow the flow of electricity through it. Thus, an electrician uses rubber gloves, while repairing an electrical switch, to protect himself from an electric shock.

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