It's distilled water! High resistivity, low conductivity. As Jeff
said, there is a finite risk of death, no matter what you do.
Like others on here who have worked with high power, high voltage, water
cooled amps, I saw very little additional risk because of water cooling.
The greatest risk comes from taking the covers off and defeating the
interlocks to work on the amp with power applied. (Don't forget to
take off the neck chain)
Of course, there is a risk of operator heart attack when that main
contactor powered open due to a loss of water pressure. When a
contactor supplying several hundred KW powers open, under load, it may
be really loud!
73, Roger (K8RI)
On 2/16/2017 11:33 PM, Big Don wrote:
Apparently folks have been killed by 12v, but it's rare - link below
(long) is good read.
Read the whole thing, the better stuff is way down....
http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/19103/how-much-voltage-is-dangerous
50v might easily be lethal under right conditions...
What if leaked water somehow got you across a KW RF out lead, relay
terminals, whatever...??
Safety experience from industry is not necessarily relevant.
Hams home-brewing or troubleshooting on the bench don't have OSHA
looking over their shoulder.
"Hmm...thing isn't cooling too well. Lets just put in a bigger pump,
more flow, more pressure...yeah..."
......Don N7EF
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Roger (K8RI) <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com
<mailto:k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>> wrote:
Water cooling a SS Amp with its much lower voltages is even less
daunting
73, Roger (K8RI)
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