Re: What's this mains plug with live/neutral horizontal when earth is at the top?
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Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd
The real killer voltage is 240V AC.? It contracts muscles
in your arms, so you cannot release your grip, and is the
perfect voltage to put milliamps of current through your
heart.? There is a reason why the Europeans are so obsessive
with power line safety.
I have heard the opposite that DC is more dangerous than AC. But I am not keen to grab either.
Fortunately this power supply can work as constant current or constant voltage and will switch between the two as the load resistance changes.?
As much as I have every respect for high voltages, I will set the current limit as low as it will go.?
I will be charging some capacitors, but no larger than 200 pF.? That is the short term use anyway. Of course, having something like this, one might have other uses in the future.?
I have just bought a 30 kV 300 uA supply too. The latter is more useful to me. but I had bought the 15 kV 12 mA? before being offered the 30 kV 30 uA one.?
Someone I know who worked at various power stations said 415 V was the most dangerous as there was not as many safety precautions as with higher voltages.?
But take care anyway.? Electric death is a fickle beast.
-Chuck Harris
Yes, I will.??
Dave.?
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