[TenTec] power went out

[k3miy at csonline.net]

Kim and others

ThaT goes for ANY job you are doing, or equipment on which you are working.
When you're tired, stop the job and secure the equipment. BTW did you ever
get the intermittent problem fixed? 

Ron
K3MIY 




Quoting Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>:

> 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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