>
>Working on HV without...
>1) applying shorting stick
>2) connecting shorting strap while stick is in applied.
>is asking for trouble.
>How many times have you flipped the wrong breaker or
>connected the wrong power cable???
>
>HV poses other dangers as well. Fire for one.
>
>Winter employment during high school years at a TV picture tube reman
>taught that a tube, in the box, and on the shelf for months, might still
>carry
>a hefty charge. In my case, enough to ignite a trough of toluene turning me
>into a human torch. Fortunately the manuf had a 500lb dry chemical
>extinguisher, in working order, next to the washing troughs and only loss
>was
>my hair, a rubber suit, toluene, and the expense of a recharge.
>
Toluene causes brain damage.
>
cheers, Bob
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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