[TenTec] power went out

[Connie Dodson]

I don't want to sound "old-fashioned" but I will not take the cover off some equipment.

The last time I had a soldering iron out, it was for my kit-Quad stereo amplifier. 

I was told never touch capacitor "cans" and I believe it: I saw a color television repair man kicked across the room on his rear end because of one of the "cans".

The surprise: the appliance can be unplugged from the "mains" and everything, you think, is OFF.

But capacitors store the stuff.

I also was told amps kill quicker than volts. But that isn't entirely true: it does take less amps to kill than it takes for volts to kill, that is true.

I thought this thread was "incomplete" without this information.


Connie/W7CJD



--- cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net wrote:

From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] power went out
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:32:05 -0500

All of this reminds me of all the warnings my Dad (W5JHJ, SK) gave me 
as a youngster growing up around lethal HV and tubes. Among many was 
"Never get around this stuff with both hands if there's a chance of 
it being energized. Always keep one hand in your pocket."

It was evening and I was tired. I was working on my modified AL-80A 
(4 kV 0.5 A homebrew supply) for reasons now forgotten. Cover off, 
interlock defeated I absently reached over it something for some 
reason while one hand rested on the chassis. I came very close to 
touching the HV supply while it was on. I realized what I'd done 
about a millisecond later and simply sat there for a minute. I then 
gave myself a mental tongue lashing worthy of anything my Dad could 
have ever dished out, shut it all off, walked out and went to bed. 
Ever since, as soon as I feel a tiny bit of fatigue, I call it quits. 
There isn't a piece of gear out there worth dying over.

Kim N5OP

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