Re: HELP WIRING NST PLEASE WEIRD

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Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com> 

LOL. sorry i accidentally said i would ground myself, i meant to use your
idea for the pvc pipe with grounded rod attatched to it to discharrge all
the circuts prior to touching or adjusting anything,

Ravi

Sorry for the type error

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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: HELP WIRING NST PLEASE WEIRD


 > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >
 >  > >Hello Ravi:
 >  > >
 >  > >Please, Don't Ground Yourself. This isn't your digital electronics.
Where
 >  > >grounding yourself in a digital circuit is meant too equalize static
 >  > >electricity. IF YOU GROUND YOURSELF IN A TESLA COIL CIRCUIT! YOU
BECOME
 > PART
 >  > >OF THE PATH TOO GROUND! In other words your body looks like a resistor
in
 >  > >the path too ground. Please, use the shorting stick as previously
 > described.
 >  > >And everything should be fine. Everyone, I only used capitols letters
too
 >  > >draw attention too the danger of this young man's misunderstanding.
 > Please,
 >  > >excuse my Urgency in This Matter.
 >  > >Safety Is My First Concern In All Matters of Electrical Design!
 >  >
 >  > This is actually kind of a tricky thing.. Here at JPL, we have all
sorts
 > of
 >  > rules, intended to prevent Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) damage to
 >  > semiconductors that require people to be grounded at all times, which,
of
 >  > course, is anathema when working with HV.  There's always an education
 >  > process involved when trying to reconcile the human safety with the
flight
 >  > hardware safety concerns.
 >  >
 > We have the same.  But, in the ESD training, it is always stressed not to
 > use ESD practices on any equipment energized over 30 volts!
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >