Safety Guidelines - Ramsey Electronics PG13 Instruction Manual

connected devices like Tesla Coils, Jacobs Ladders, plasma spheres,
gigawatt lasers, fusion generators, and other popular hobby type projects.
In addition read the relevant sections of the document for your particular
equipment. Specific safety considerations have been included where
appropriate.

Safety guidelines

These guidelines are to protect you from potentially deadly electrical shock
hazards as well as the equipment from accidental damage.
Note that the danger to you is not only in your body providing a conducting
path, particularly through your heart. Any involuntary muscle contractions
caused by a shock, while perhaps harmless in themselves, may cause
collateral damage - there are many sharp edges inside this type of equipment
as well as other electrically live parts you may contact accidentally.
The purpose of this set of guidelines is not to frighten you but rather to make
you aware of the appropriate precautions. Repair of TVs, monitors,
microwave ovens, and other consumer and industrial equipment can be both
rewarding and economical. Just be sure that it is also safe!
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Don't work alone - in the event of an emergency another person's
presence may be essential.
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Always keep one hand in your pocket when anywhere around a powered
line-connected or high voltage system.
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Wear rubber bottom shoes or sneakers.
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Wear eye protection - large plastic lens eyeglasses or safety goggles.
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Don't wear any jewelry or other articles that could accidentally contact
circuitry and conduct current, or get caught in moving parts.
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Set up your work area away from possible grounds that you may
accidentally contact.
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Know your equipment: TVs and monitors may use parts of the metal
chassis as ground return yet the chassis may be electrically live with
respect to the earth ground of the AC line. Microwave ovens use the
chassis as ground return for the high voltage. In addition, do not assume
that the chassis is a suitable ground for your test equipment!
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If circuit boards need to be removed from their mountings, put insulating
material between the boards and anything they may short to. Hold them
in place with string or electrical tape. Prop them up with insulation sticks
plastic or wood.
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If you need to probe, solder, or otherwise touch circuits with power off,
discharge (across) large power supply filter capacitors with a 2 W or
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