Sounds like an old guy who ripped up his knuckles coming out of the
back of an old TV set!! Or if you put your palm on the plaate cap of
an on-the-air 6146 it smells like burning matches and leaves a hole
in your hand!!
The young guys missed all the fun Steve!!
Pat, K9JAuAt 11:28 AM 2/28/2011, you wrote:
>Tom,
>
>As long as you've unplugged the supply, there's nothing to worry about. The
>caps in there probably don't have much more than 20 volts, and you probably
>wouldn't feel anything even if you happened to put your fingers directly
>across them. Getting zapped was much more of a reality back in the good old
>days of tubes when the voltage across a filter cap could range anywhere from
>100 to 1000 volts (more if you were playing around inside a TV set's high
>voltage section). If you're still concerned about discharge, just poke
>around inside the supply with a screwdriver, but I really don't think
>there's any reason for concern.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 06:59
>Subject: Re: RFI Saga continued
>
>
> > Steve:
> >
> > Yeah, I was afraid of that.
> >
> > I can't believe they make the thing so hard to work with.
> >
> > When I do take the cover off, if it comes to that, I'm going to have to
> > figure out how I'm going to work safely in there without zapping myself
> > with the discharge from the capacitors. If anyone has some fullproof way
> > to
> > do that, let me know. Otherwise, I may have to get some sighted
> > assistance
> > over here.
> >
> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: RFI Saga continued
> >
> >
> > Tom,
> >
> > You'll probably have to take the cover off to tighten that lug. If you
> > don't tighten it, you won't be able to use it whether you want to or not.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 22:03
> > Subject: RFI Saga continued
> >
> >
> >> Hey, all.
> >>
> >> Well, I tried John's suggestion of eliminating the ground connection
> >> between
> >> the ground lug on the Astron power supply, and the common ground of my
> >> window feed through panel leading to the ground rod outside, and no joy.
> >>
> >> The RFI problem still exists.
> >>
> >> And, now, I have another little issue.
> >>
> >> The ground lug on the Astron, just to the right of the left-hand corner
> >> is
> >> loose, and I can't seem to get it nice and tight again.
> >>
> >> This is not a major issue, since I may not use the ground connection
> >> again,
> >> but does anyone have any brilliant ideas as to how to tighten the ground
> >> lug
> >> back up again, short of taking the cover off of the power supply, and
> >> getting at it from the inside?
> >>
> >> It still amazes me that they made the ground connection so hard to find,
> >> and
> >> so tricky to use.
> >>
> >> I think I'm going to bed now before I do any more damage. (grin)
> >>
> >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >>
> >
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