I knew someone would bring that up. No, I never did forget to remove the clip leads. If I had forgotten, then either the overload relay would kick out the HV or the transmitter would have blown a fuse - either of which could easily be repaired..........if you're still alive.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wilhite Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:05 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] ground sticks again Hey Dennis did you ever forget to remove a clip lead and hit the HV button? 73 Jim W5JO > > When I worked on a transmitter, I always kept a bunch of new clip leads > available at the transmitter site. After touching all the high voltage > points in the transmitter with the shorting stick, I would keep the > shorting > stick on each high voltage point while I used a clip lead to short the > point > to ground. The transmitter would stay that way until I was ready to > return > it to service. > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb
