When I was in High School, our local fire dept had a "Hot Seat" It consisted
of an wooden chair with two nails protruding just enough so the hapless
person couldn`t see them but still make good contact into ones buttocks
while sitting down. Under the chair was a model T Coil attached to the nails
remotely controlled from a distant location....Nearly every visitor got an
invite to sit down and relax...Name of town witheld..(Somewhere in NC
Washington) Thats all.Jim.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Buchanan" <jsb@digistar.com>
Cc: <AMPS@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] SAFETY WITH HIGH VOLTAGE
> Harold B. Mandel wrote:
>
> > When working on the outboard plate supply to my
> > linear amplifier my hand accidently brushed the Positive
> > HV stud on the beehive feedthrough and I became slightly
> > airborne for a second or two.
> >
> >
>
> Oof - that had to hurt. Ten-Tec has a nifty means to ground the anode
> supply by way of a piece of sheet metal attached via bolt in chassis
> which can be rotated and rest atop the HV post. Gravity holds the metal
> in place across the HV post ensuring a fairly reliable means to help
> prevent accidental HiPot testing.
>
> When I was a young pup in school I used to charge up large filter caps
> salvaged from old color TV sets - then place them on a table and wait
> for a hapless victim to discover what they were. It was more satisfying
> to be out of view but within earshot of these "Tesla Discovery" events.
>
>
> 73 Jason N1SU
>
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