[TenTec] power went out

[Al Gulseth]

Easy way around this one - just learn the "Ten Commandments of Electronics" HI 
HI!! (This is a slight variation of one I remember seeing a long time ago.)

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1. Beware the lightning that lurketh in an undischarged capacitor, lest it 
cause thee to be bounced upon thy buttocks in a most ungentlemanly manner.

2. Cause thou the switch that supplies large quantities of juice to be opened 
and thusly tagged, so thy days may be only on this earthly vale of tears.

3. Prove to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and upon which thou 
worketh are grounded, less they lift thee to high frequency potential and 
cause thee to radiateth also.

4. Take care thou useth the proper method when thou taketh the measure of high 
voltage circuits so that thou doth not incinerate both thee and the meter; 
for verily, thou hast no account number and can easily be replaced, the meter 
doth have one, and as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto the supply 
department.

5. Tarry not amongst those who engage in intentional shocks, for they are not 
long for this world.

6. Take care thou tampereth not with interlocks and safety devices, for this 
will incur the wrath of thy seniors and bringeth the fury of the safety 
officer down about thy head and shoulders.

7. Work thou not on energized equipment, for if you doth, thy buddies will 
surely be buying beers for thy widow and consoling her in other ways not 
generally accepted by thee.

8. Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service high voltage equipment alone, 
for electric cooking is a slothful process and thy might sizzle in thine own 
fat for hours on end before thy Maker sees fit to end thy misery and drag 
thee into His fold.

9. Trifle thou not with radioactive tubes and substances, lest thou commence 
to glow in the dark like a lightning bug, and thy wife be frustrated nightly 
and have no further use for thee except thy wage.

10.Commit thou to memory the works of the prophets, which are written in the 
instruction books, which giveth the straight dope and which consoleth thee, 
and thou cannot make mistakes, sometimes, maybe.

Author unknown

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http://www.dra73.org/commandments.html

73, Al
On Sun August 21 2011 5:18:22 pm Richards wrote:
> Hi Jim.     Your point is well taken, ... but
> I AM NOT THE GUY WITH THE AMP PROBLEM... so I won't be digging
> into any amplifiers this week.
>
> I know how to check a fuse.  My question was only about how one uses a
> VOM type meter to do it.
>
> Don't worry, I won't be digging into MY amp any time soon !    I figure
> there are two kinds of people in the world... people who learn from
> others' mistakes... and then... there are the others.  I ask questions
> to stay in the first category as much as I can !     ;-)