[TenTec] power went out

[John Molenda]

On 8/23/2011 10:26 PM, Connie Dodson wrote:
> 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
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>
>
> --- 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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