[AMPS] HV Safety

[Rich Measures]

>
>Hi all,
>   I just thought I'd share an idea from my own homebrew amplifier
>experience along this line.
>
>   In my own amp and separate power supply which is built in the bottom
>of a rack cabinet  I have plastic covers over as many of the exposed HV
>points as practical.   I do not have any cabinet interlocks since the
>first thing you would naturally do is disable them if you were going to
>do any work on the unit in operation.
>
>  I do have neon indicators both on top of the HV supply and inside the
>RF deck.  The one in the RF deck is located at / connected to the bottom
>of the Plate RF choke and blinks for additional effect.  I used a 500M /
>10 KV resistor (Victoreen) in conjunction with an NE-2 and a .1 uF
>capacitor.  It is quite noticeable.
>
€  Sounds good.  I also like the idea of taping a brochure from a local 
funeral home to the cabinet access door.  

-  cheers,  Marv


Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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