Re: HV accident (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 03:57:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: HV accident (fwd)

If you need to discharge a HV cap and don't have
resistors that are up to the task, use a wet rag and
throw it over the terminals. It may not be pretty, but
it beats using a screwdriver. Just be sure to use the
screwdriver after the rag has been there for a minute.
And always store caps with a shorting wire or bus. It
also doesn't hurt to use safety glasses when playing
with HV.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:36:41 +0000
> From: nancylavoie@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: HV accident (fwd)
> 
> Is there really any truly "safe" way of doing what
> we do? I mean come
> on,every aspect of the hobby has a hazard of some
> sort and I think that
> The List does a pretty good job of pushing those
> issues (sometimes to the
> level of sheer paranoia-see archives for Thoriated
> tungsten for
> example).Perhaps it's time to review some basic
> safety and maybe we should
> all be looking for alternative methods for
> discharging capacitors that
> don't use the trusty screwdriver! I have had no
> other choice in the past
> and never was too crazy about doing it having seen
> what even a small
> photo-flash cap can do when discharged.Is it time to
> step up to large
> shorting relays or something? Wyatt
> 



       
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