[Amps] What do you think of these HV Connectors

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>
>I've used SHV in professional applications and found them very good, 
>though the currents in my case where not large. They would be 
>impossible to mate with a normal BNC - something I doubt is true with 
>the lower spec MHV, where I think someone sufficiently stupid could 
>probably mate them together.

In talks on HV Power Supplies, I pass around a back-to-back MHV adapter 
with MHV plugged into one side, BNC into the other. Nothing beats 
hands-on learning.

>(Never underestimate the ingenuity of fools).
>
The only fool required was the one who designed MHV.  MHV plugs cannot 
be inserted into BNC jacks, but the MHV jack does allow insertion of a 
BNC plug. Duh...

>The SHV would certainly not be in that case.
>
Those are the next samples to be passed around.

>Unlike some on this list, I don't believe skimping on high voltage 
>connectors using things like PL-259 is sensible. In fact, as a 
>chartered engineer, I suspect the engineering council would consider 
>using PL-259s gross negligence and strip me of my chartered engineer 
>status.
>
Well, certainly something gross...


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