Re: Safety

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Neilster,
            It would be useful and instructive if you would mention 
some specific practices that you have observed. I once witnessed some 
pretty scary scenes on a video (like bare feet would you believe).

Regards,
Malcolm

n 7 Oct 2001, at 20:22, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Lynn Massie-Southerland by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <owlster-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
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> Hello All
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> I was looking at some photos of a couple of fellows playing around with a
> 14.5KV transformer. I am an electrician who works in and on substations and
> what you are doing makes my skin crawl. Its no big deal working with high
> voltage but for gods sake use some safety equipment. IE stand on a dielectric
> mat, where a hard hat with face shield, wear HV gloves that are tested and
> rated for the voltages you are working with, and last but not least invest in
> some nomex cloths. Folks this stuff is fun but we only come around this way
> once try to make it last.
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> Take care, Neilster
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