[Amps] SHV connectors great, but where to find coax?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On 09/13/10 07:18 AM, Roger wrote:

> What we do have to remember though is we may not always be around.  Some
> one other than us may end up moving things.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)

Exactly.

I assume none of the people proposing using PL-259 plugs for HV are chartered 
engineers. The Engineering Council in the UK would I expect strip someone of 
their CEng status if an individual proposed such silly things. Even if you do 
this at home, you are putting the lives of others at risk.

  * Children might accidentally get into the shack and unplug a cable.

  * You might have an accident, an ambulance called, and they need to remove a 
cable. I expect they would switch things off before touching electrical 
equipment, but would not reasonably expect a cable to be alive when powered off, 
which will happen in this case due to the time for the HV capacitors to discharge.

There are a number of "unlikely" but probably fatal circumstances in which this 
would be an issue.


Dave