[Boatanchors] Follow-Up: Death Angel's Kiss

[Bry Carling]

Dave,
It was very sobering to read your story. I had a similar encounter with about 3000 V coming in contact with the back of my hand on a tube plate cap. A 4-400C

Homebrewer Linear Amplifiers with a push button switch on the front panel for activating the latching relay to turn it on.

I don’t remember where that switch came from but I do remember that my knee came in contact with it. The back of my hand was across that plate cap and I still have the scar today to prove it.

 Pictures at
http://af4k.com/pictures.htm

Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K





On Mar 6, 2020, at 9:08 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

You probably remember my writing about the close-call with
1800V in the GO-9, now respectfully named "The Snake."

The 1800V jumped to the tip of my left pinkie finger and
blew out in several places along the outside of my left hand,
down to the level of the base of my palm, including a nasty
pair of holes that looked much like a snake bite.
The flesh healed just fine, but the "felling" along the outside
of my left hand has not returned.  The Doc tells me it's not
going to return.  There is a numb stripe from the tip of my
left little finger, along the outside of my hand to the base
of the palm.  The 1800V flash-fried the nerves there.

It's not debilitating or anything- just an annoyance.
Also seems to have aggravated the arthritis in that finger.
Had that lightening gone across my chest,
what nerve bundles would it have fried?
It is a forever-more reminder of the result of one moment
of inattention, one time getting our safety procedures
out of order, one arrogance, thinking we're smarter
than Safety rules, might be our last.

GL OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S


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