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RE: [BULK] - Re: [Amps] Shock hazard?

To: 'Gary Smith' <wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net>,Will Matney <craxd1@ezwv.com>, amps@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [BULK] - Re: [Amps] Shock hazard?
From: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:37:52 -0800
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>   I know this don't necessarily have to do with amps, but I figured I'd 
>   show this as what not to do in building any tube application. Can anyone
> 
>   spot the shock hazard on the old CD capacitor checker? I seen this and 
>   my jaw dropped, oh the good ol days =)
> 
        ::Lots of stuff has shock hazards.  At least capacitor checkers
aren't routinely used by toddlers and houswives.  My "megger" has a
hand-crank generator and can develop about 10kV with one turn of a crank,
and drop that right across the exposed test terminals.  Then, an AC-line
powered appliance can be dropped into an occupied bathtub...-WB2WIK/6  






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