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[AMPS] 4-1000A Project and Death from Stupidity

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Subject: [AMPS] 4-1000A Project and Death from Stupidity
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 08:07:02 -0700
>
>Working on HV without...
>1) applying shorting stick
>2) connecting shorting strap while stick is in applied.
>is asking for trouble. 
>How many times have you flipped the wrong breaker or
>connected the wrong power cable???
>
>HV poses other dangers as well. Fire for one.
>
>Winter employment during high school years at a TV picture tube reman
>taught that a tube, in the box, and on the shelf for months, might still
>carry
>a hefty charge. In my case, enough to ignite a trough of toluene turning me
>into a human torch. Fortunately the manuf had a 500lb dry chemical
>extinguisher, in working order, next to the washing troughs and only loss
>was
>my hair, a rubber suit,  toluene, and the expense of a recharge.
>
Toluene causes brain damage.  
>
cheers, Bob


-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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