Hi Jeff,
Well, glad you are cautious...we don¡¯t need any ¡°did you hear about Jeff...¡± posts popping up. ?
Still, and fwiw, you don¡¯t have to get very close with the neon bulb, in fact, not as close as you get with your HV probe, and of course you can still wear your rubber gloves with the neon bulb too. Personally I find it quite safe, as I¡¯m merely hovering a nonconductive object several inches away from the general area, versus putting contact pressure and therefore pushing my hands toward a definite live multi-kV point with a probe. But I surely get your point, safety first!
And of course since you have the probe, why not use it and get the data, instead of just an indicator of possible function. (He said...enviously)
Because SOME OF US (eye-roll) aren¡¯t lucky enough to have a snazzy 40k HV probe ?
Cheers!
Keith
