For what it is worth -- My company is in the power business -- that is
SPACE power -- we are doing the power supply for the International Space
Station -- It is company policy to consider all labs where voltages as high
as 28 VDC to be HIGH VOLTAGE LABS and they require special training etc for
the people who use them.
Harv
K6EXO
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Chadwick <Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>
To: 'amps' <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 7:44 AM
Subject: [AMPS] RE:HV is unforgiving
>
>>Contact with the electric-mains may be even more dangerous since
>>120v/240v can cause an involuntary muscle contraction from which the
>>victim can not let go.
>
>The most dangerous voltages are supposedly between 400 and 1600, as they
>give the greatest chance of ventricular fibrillation. Some evidence for
>this is that people who touch the 25kV overhead electric railway lines
>rarely die from electrocution, but usually from burns. Mains can kill just
>as easily, as Rich says. Personally, I try to avoid poking fingers in on
>anything over 24 volts. However, it is very easy to forget after years of
>working on solid state equipment that things bite back.
>
>I always advise not wearing metal watchstraps or rings when working on
>equipment as well.
>
>73
>
>Peter G3RZP
>
>73
>
>Peter G3RZP
>
>
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