Re: Inside power supplies: Where are the shocks?

[Slick <Slick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Rubywand wrote:
> 
> stephen e buggie writes ...
> >
> > Having written this essay, its now inevitable that I will be electrocuted
> > on my next venture inside of a power supply.
> 
>  ....
> 
>      The odds are pretty good that you will not be fried. Of course,
> should you turn off and unplug the power supply, and, within a few
> seconds, grab the two really wrong points of the big input caps, you
> could be tossed for a little flip!
> 
> Rubywand
> 
> P.S. By the way, there _may_ be some shock hazard at the AC plug prongs
> for a time after the power supply is unplugged.
The prongs on the plug on my IIGS don't have a shock. When I canged
power bars, I had to usa a screwdriver to pry the plug out. I switched
off the power bar, and then used the screwdriver to get the plug out.

I don't know why the plug was stuck, perhaps because it hadn't been
unplugged in years.
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