[Test-Equipment] Another boat anchor - DelElectric High voltage supply?

[rbethman]

You got it sir!

When you get into those "significantly higher levels", safety procedures 
and measures keep us "frail" humans from becoming part of the past when 
things don't go "right".

Everyone always talks about "Murphy's Law".  We had an "in-house" 
"O'toole's Law".  Simply stated, Murphy was an optimist!

I had the misfortune to be present when a "fool" connected a 120/208 
phase rotation meter on the WRONG side of the potential transformers.  
He survived, but suffered from brain issues from then on.  It makes one 
wonder if all the life-saving methods are "really" to be automatically 
used.  I know he can't work any more.

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/5/2010 1:58 PM, Carl wrote:
> I used to work for High Voltage Engineering where 250KV DC at 100-200ma
> supplies were the norm. We tested to 2-3 times that for leakage.
>
> Working on a Million Volt supply for a few universities who then lost Fed
> funding is what sent us to ruin.
>
> Yes, the safety procedures were elaborate, a bit beyond using a TV set HV
> probe (-;
>
> Carl
> KM1H