Re: Inside power supplies: Where are the shocks?

[warren@techie.com (Warren Ernst)]

In article <6l89pj$1jns$5@lynx.unm.edu>, buggie@capella.unm.edu says...
> Having written this essay, its now inevitable that I will be electrocuted
> on my next venture inside of a power supply.  The "hubris" guarantees this
> humiliation.     Steve Buggie

Steve,

200 volts aren't gonna kill you. Heck, I repair arcade game monitors, 
where the annode can hold a charge of 19,000 volts, and no one on 
rec.games.vodeo.arcade.collecting has been killed yet, despite quite a 
few stories.

I would expect that 1 hour would drain any caps on the power supply, but 
then I wouldn't go and stick my tongue on the cap terminal pads on the 
board either.

Sometimes when I am feeling really paranoid when I feel disharging the 
annode didn't really do the job, I wear two pairs of rubber gloves for a 
little while. I suspect a simple pair of dishwashing latex gloves would 
sufficiently protect you from whatever hazards lie in wait in a PC power 
supply.

-Warr

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