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

[Sam Carpenter]

I think the right answer may be to MARK "HIGH VOLTAGE" Even when unplugged
or some such. One of the "fit and proper" connectors for HV got me once and
I was very lucky. I had a rack-mount Henry 2002 220Mhz amp at a remote
location. It has the HV PS in one enclosure and the PA in another. Between
them was the HT lead that looked like a spark plug cable and had the
Bakelite screw-on type connectors.

I reached behind the PA to disconnect the BNC for the RX'er to hook up a
service monitor and got the surprise of my life. The palm of my left hand
brushed the HV "Proper Connector" and it arched into my hand and exited my
elbow that was rested on a basement wall. Had by fate my elbow at the
wall...the exit may have been my through my shoe. I had a painful hole in my
hand for months and a numb arm for a few days. Also had a nasty exit wound
on the elbow. 

My point is that there may not be any "SAFE" HV connector for the
uninitiated. Marking things with stickers spelling it out may make the whole
"which one" discussion unimportant. Good marking should avoid problems.

Just my 2 cents,
N9FUT

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Dr. David Kirkby
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:51 AM
To: 'AMPS'
Subject: Re: [Amps] SHV connectors great, but where to find coax?

On 09/13/10 05:46 PM, DAVE WHITE wrote:
> "The Engineering Council in the UK would I expect strip someone of
> their CEng status if an individual proposed such silly things."
> But let's face it, the UK is becoming just about the most laughable
example of the socialist Nanny State taken to the most extreme
interpretation of the concept.  I doubt if Henry V and Winston Churchill are
turning in their graves when they see modern Britain, I'm sure that they're
spinning like steam turbines.
> This is the country where the Elf'n'Safety nazis (including rooms full of
overpaid, interfering, sanctimonious buffoons like the Engineering Council)
invade every aspect of our lives.  I say Bollocks to the lot of them.  If I
want to build an HT lead with a PL259 on the end of it, then that's what
I'll damn well do and I personally will take the risk.  If I plug one end
into the 6kV supply and the other into my right nostril then that's my own
fault and my own responsibility, right?
> Dave G0OIL (not SK, amazingly)

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