[Elecraft] 12 volt PA

[Grant Youngman]

Voltage doesn't kill.  Current kills.  You can kill yourself on very few volts, if it isn't current limited.  12V, 48v, no real difference.  Maybe the K5 will have a couple of big honking ceramic tubes in the box and we'll need 3000v at 1.5A CCS.   Going to have to upgrade my 180 A/h 12V backup battery system for that, for sure :-)



Grant/NQ5T


On Apr 15, 2010, at 4:59 PM, George A. Thornton wrote:

> My understanding is that lower volt systems are preferred by electrical
> safety codes because they pose less danger to human life.