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>To: <amps@contesting.com>
>Subject: [AMPS] AL-80B
>Date sent: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:39:05 -0400
>
>>
>> And, I can see why you guys fight so much on the reflector. No
>> where did I say that we stuck our hand inside the live amp, that is
>> why they have a meter switch to observe the voltage with the cover
>> closed. It was an examination of the drawing that revealed that this
>> was the normal condx for that amp. Anyway, I am not looking for
>> any comments back from the normal few. Thanks again.
>You would depend on a voltmeter reading to save your life??? I would
>NEVER put my hands inside an amp without first disconnecting (and
>then checking again to make sure it is disconnected) the primary AC
>power, and then shorting B+ with a shorting stick in case a bleeder
>resistor failed.
>
Shorting charged filter caps with a shorting stick often results in
destruction of amplifier parts. Better to put a 100w resistor in series
with the shorting stick.
>.....
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- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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