Re: electrocution experiences

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Original poster: "Kevin Ottalini by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ottalini-at-mindspring-dot-com>

All:
        Mechanical crowbars, discharge sticks (or "Jesus Sticks" as they
are sometimes known) are used by the local PG&E linemen (& women).

I was quite lucky to pick up surplus a fixed-facility discharge stick.  The
handle is made of Teflon and is quite heavy!

I scanned in the small chart attached and cleaned it up a bit ...
you can find pictures of it on my starter Safety page:
    http://www.mindspring-dot-com/~ottalini/Safety.htm

(The cleaned-up graph should be logx-logy scales  ... but word
doesn't do that easily! I'll clean it up a little later).

Personally, I wouldn't want to discharge 30uFd at 20kV without
a large safety shield between me and the cap!  (but our
quarter-shrinker friends ALL know what happens, don't they!!)

Kevin


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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: electrocution experiences


> Original poster: "David Sharpe <sccr4us-at-erols-dot-com>
> 
(snip)
> Capacitors should be checked by
> discharging with a grounding rod (hot stick), before touching circuits,
> or physically grounding the HV with a mechanical crowbar (this technique
> is used in commercial broadcast transmitters and VT induction heating
> equipment).
>