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Re: Just wonderin' (fwd)
I too would be very cautious of HV gloves. The power company tests such
things often with special equipment to insure they have not been punctured.
Also a small arc could burn or blow a hole and them and get to you. The
people at the power company have a lot of training and experience that also
help them to do the dangerous work they do. Almost always they are also on
a thick non conductive mat or in the safety of their isolated "cherry
picker" basket when working on live power. They take risks because they
often have to.
Personally, given the choice between gloves and the off switch. The
gloves would not be consideration...
Terry
At 09:33 PM 4/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Tesla List wrote:
>>
>> Original Poster: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:24:09 EDT
>> From: christopher boden <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Subject: Just wonderin'
><snip>
>>
>> Also..on a safety note.
>> We've just gotten a set of High Voltage gloves (gauntlets) from the
>> local power company and I can't say enough about them. They're great.
>> We built a few Jacob's ladders to test the new NST's and it's great
>> to be able to adjust the electrodes without turning the power off.
>> The gloves are rated to 50KV so we've get quite a safety margin.<snip>
>
>> Christopher A. Boden Esq.
>> President/C.E.O.
>> The Geek Group
>> The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth!
>
>Chris,
>
>I think that testing those HV gloves ain't such a good idea. But then I
>also think jumping out of a perfectly serviceable airplane relying on
>something called a parachute is similarly wreckless.
>
>BTW, did your HV mittens come with a mil spec, OSHA rated,
>non-conductive idiot string? : ) No disrespect intended.
>
>Robert W. Stephens
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