On 09/13/10 07:18 AM, Roger wrote:
> What we do have to remember though is we may not always be around. Some
> one other than us may end up moving things.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
Exactly.
I assume none of the people proposing using PL-259 plugs for HV are chartered
engineers. The Engineering Council in the UK would I expect strip someone of
their CEng status if an individual proposed such silly things. Even if you do
this at home, you are putting the lives of others at risk.
* Children might accidentally get into the shack and unplug a cable.
* You might have an accident, an ambulance called, and they need to remove a
cable. I expect they would switch things off before touching electrical
equipment, but would not reasonably expect a cable to be alive when powered
off,
which will happen in this case due to the time for the HV capacitors to
discharge.
There are a number of "unlikely" but probably fatal circumstances in which this
would be an issue.
Dave
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