I saw pictures of a guys hand with severe tussue damage. He wasn't working on the amp. He got bit by touching his watt meter. Garage built amp from some half assed amp builder had no choke to ground after the blocking cap. The plate blocking cap failed and lit him up.
Nomad, I remember asking you about this choke in my amp build project. I was having some trouble figuring out what its purpose was and man am I glad you were there to explain it to me.
LC
I think i've seen that arc flash video more than five times now.
543, that is scary!
i wonder if they get left out because people don't know how to determine the value and current handling capabilities.
I know i would like to know how to do that.
LC
My wife HATED it when I would get called out in the middle of the night and have to go work on a transmitter that was off the air. She knew I would be tired and depending which TX was off the air it could be up to a two hour drive one way and I would be dealing with either 2500 volts, 3100 volts or 5000 volts and alone. I was never real fond of the idea but always managed to keep my wits about me. I always figured the drive back home when REALLY tired was the really dangerous part of the call out.