Don Pearce wrote:


Just one more thing - don't hit the 500VDC supply with a spanner while
hanging onto the metal rack with the other hand. You travel a long
way, and you don't find the spanner again.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

I agree with all that, and to add a bit more. Gloves may help the nerves
for the first amp, but eventually you find that they are just a pain.
Better to learn proper safety rules from the start, if you start to
think its ok to touch 600v with gloves on, you may forget one day to put

them on. Its like any other risky activity, the trick, is to learn to
think about what you are doing, before you start to do it, and think
where both hands are, and any other part of the body that may be in
contact with a earth.

You may find people who have done this for a long time, look as if they
are very casual about what they are doing, they are not, its just that
the habit of thinking what you are doing and being aware of whats going
on is so ingrained that they do it almost without thinking.

Also don't fall into the "Well, this wire is only connected to 6.3v, so
its quite safe, and nowhere neat the HT+". That may be how it should be,

but things don't always go to plan ;-)

--
Nick

"Life has surface noise" - John Peel 1939-2004