Trevor Wilson wrote:


**I was working on a big, tubed push pull power amp. It employed anode caps.
My arm was 'round the back, performing a measurement and someone entered the
workshop. In my surprise, I brushed my arm against the anode cap on one
output tube. The amp ended up on the concrete floor.


My stepfather had a Phase Linear 400 make it's infamous POP and
it took out the the 16 ohm drivers in two Electrovice Patricians, one
400 and a IV both original from the early 50's.


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In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.

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Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease.

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.

--
a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/"Home Page/a
Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease.

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.

--
a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/"Home Page/a
Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease.

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.

--
a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/"Home Page/a
Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease.

(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very good for quite a
while.

r


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Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very good for quite a
while.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my hand on
both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC hurts and leaves
a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very good for quite a
while.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

Rich.Andrews wrote:
(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my
hand on both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC
hurts and leaves a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very
good for quite a while.

Rumor was that an unfortunate Raytheon engineer got sloppy with some
measurement taps he had put HV cables for the 10 KV ampere-level DC power
supplies for some CW Radars I used to work with. He never felt anything
again.

Rich.Andrews wrote:
(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my
hand on both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC
hurts and leaves a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very
good for quite a while.

Rumor was that an unfortunate Raytheon engineer got sloppy with some
measurement taps he had put HV cables for the 10 KV ampere-level DC power
supplies for some CW Radars I used to work with. He never felt anything
again.

Rich.Andrews wrote:
(Drew Eckhardt) wrote in
:

In article ,
JVC wrote:
Anyone have any boneheaded maneuvers they would like to share?

I was working on my tube audio bench supply and managed to put my
hand on both the grounded chasis and rectifier diodes. 450V DC
hurts and leaves a blister.


You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp. I can tell you that you don't feel very
good for quite a while.

Rumor was that an unfortunate Raytheon engineer got sloppy with some
measurement taps he had put HV cables for the 10 KV ampere-level DC power
supplies for some CW Radars I used to work with. He never felt anything
again.

In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

I've heard of Radar Tech's in Soviet Block countries being cooked alive by
improper service management practises.

One guy I worked with from Slovakia said he spent a week sitting next to the
microwave generator at one site and then decided that defecting was safer
than working there.

I can believe this stuff, I've seen Submarine Reactor cores just turfed out
onto the land in the Baltic Sea area. Still cooking and no thing to keep
people back but a rusted fence.

rtt



"sodderboy" wrote in message
om...
In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

I've heard of Radar Tech's in Soviet Block countries being cooked alive by
improper service management practises.

One guy I worked with from Slovakia said he spent a week sitting next to the
microwave generator at one site and then decided that defecting was safer
than working there.

I can believe this stuff, I've seen Submarine Reactor cores just turfed out
onto the land in the Baltic Sea area. Still cooking and no thing to keep
people back but a rusted fence.

rtt



"sodderboy" wrote in message
om...
In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

I've heard of Radar Tech's in Soviet Block countries being cooked alive by
improper service management practises.

One guy I worked with from Slovakia said he spent a week sitting next to the
microwave generator at one site and then decided that defecting was safer
than working there.

I can believe this stuff, I've seen Submarine Reactor cores just turfed out
onto the land in the Baltic Sea area. Still cooking and no thing to keep
people back but a rusted fence.

rtt



"sodderboy" wrote in message
om...
In my early chemistry days I made the experiment where you extract
hydrogen and oxygen from water using a battery connected to carbon
rods, which are placed inside of inverted test tubes. Not satisfied
with 3VDC, I plugged the rig up into 120VAC. It took less than a
second for the H tube to fill, and before the O tube filled, the whole
thing blew-up sending shards of glass everywhere. MORE POWER. I knew
the science world was for me!

"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...
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"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...
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%%% 919-577-9882 % 'Mission (A World Record)',
%%%% % *A New World Record*, ELO
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"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with current at
about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...
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%% Fuquay-Varina, NC % Who are you and who am I?"
%%% 919-577-9882 % 'Mission (A World Record)',
%%%% % *A New World Record*, ELO
http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr

Randy Yates wrote in :

"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...

If the current had passed across my chest, I would likely not be here now.
As it was, it passed from my right hand to my right foot. Still was a
nasty experience. The burns were quite deep and took a long time to heal.
Surprisinly they were quite small in diameter.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

Randy Yates wrote in :

"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...

If the current had passed across my chest, I would likely not be here now.
As it was, it passed from my right hand to my right foot. Still was a
nasty experience. The burns were quite deep and took a long time to heal.
Surprisinly they were quite small in diameter.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.

Randy Yates wrote in :

"Rich.Andrews" writes:
[...]
You haven't experienced anything until you get across 1350VDC with
current at about an amp.

Oh yeah - I'm just DYING to do that...

If the current had passed across my chest, I would likely not be here now.
As it was, it passed from my right hand to my right foot. Still was a
nasty experience. The burns were quite deep and took a long time to heal.
Surprisinly they were quite small in diameter.

r


--
Nothing beats the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with DLT tapes.