Oh, my Lord, Phil.

I've never been shocked like that and frankly, I probbably am a bit gunshy 
about poking around where there are high voltages like that.

I remember once trying to neutralize the 6146's in my Johnson Viking Invader 
and luckily did not have my hand on the blade of the screwdriver when I 
touched the capacitor shaft.  750 volts sure makes a nice arc.  Went out and 
found a plastic blade for neutralization work after that.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: High voltage


> 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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