I like my test better:
Stand on cement floor, barefooted. Have metal D104 in one hand. Reach in
and grab the 4-1000 anode cap (amp on, and transmitting) with the other
hand.
Wake up six feet away, on floor, feeling dizzy and aching in places you
forgot you had.
Been there.
WB2WIK/6
"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem." --
Henry Kissinger
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 2 [SMTP:2@vc.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 10:35 PM
> To: KG6DV@cs.com; AMPS
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] Hand in pocket test
>
>
> >You ask if the "hand in pocket" rule has any basis ... there is an easy
> test.
> >
> >1. put one hand in your pocket
> >2. stand on the concrete floor and reach into the hv section of any amp
> >3. if you got shocked the rule is bogus and we have all learned something
> >4. if you didnt get shocked, try the test again.
> >
> I have often contacted several kV from a hi-pot while standing on
> insulating material. I did not conduct.
>
> cheers, Ron
>
> - R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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