[Amps] Shorting Sticks

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On Apr 24, 2005, at 12:36 PM, John Irwin wrote:

> I THINK YOU DUDES ARE MISSING THE FOREST>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> The purpose of the SHORTING STICK is to KILL THE HIGH VOLTAGE INSTEAD 
> OF YOU!
>
> The shorting stick will only damage something is it has already failed 
> or left been left on
>                                               BY ACCIDENT.

If the multimeter in a g-g amplifier is left in the grid-I position, 
the amplifier is unplugged, and the B+ is shorted to ground when the HV 
filters are still well-charged, the shunt as well as the meter movement 
can be torpedoed.
>
> ...


Rich Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.somis.org