Phil,

I'll bet that almost everyone who has ever messed around with tubes 
can tell a similar story.  I got zapped a few times while trying to 
adjust a tuning slug on the underside of the chassis in my 
AR2.  Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that as much today as 
we did in the old tube days.  I got used to poking around inside 
radios with a screwdriver before putting my fingers on the 
parts.  Usually, that kept me from getting bitten, but not when 
poking around the high voltage cage of a TV set.  You have to 
discharge those multiple times.

Steve

On Tuesday 4/25/06 14:51 Phil Scovell wrote:
>Steve,
>
>speaking of being shocked.  One time I had the protective high voltage cage
>off my Drake TR4 and was trying to get to the relay box.  I had my mom
>downstairs in my shack reading tubes I was pulling out related to the relay
>circuit.  I snapped off the rig and a couple of second later, my hand came
>in contact with the tops of the final tubes.  It was over 600 volts.  I
>flew, literally, through the air and ended up 10 feet away on the other side
>of the room after a horrendous scream.  I could smell burn flesh in the air.
>My fingers had marks on them where they had come in contact with the tube
>caps.  Mom said, "Philip?  Are you hurt?"  "Oh, know," I said, "I'm fine.
>Didn't hurt at all.  I quickly returned to the rig pulled a tube out for mom
>to read just to be sure she didn't ban me from the radio, and when she left,
>for an hour, everything I touch that was metal felt like an electrical
>shock.  Needless to say, I never did that again.  I hope this is considered
>a ham radio topic but perhaps, if not, it may just save someone's life some
>day.
>
>Phil.
>K0NX
>
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