Re: A QUICK CHECK OF YOUR GALVANIC ISOLATOR.

chuck <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1153418079_71405
@sp6iad.superfeed.net:

Be extremely careful in measuring the
voltage across a galvanic isolator. If
the isolator should be "open", there may
be a dangerous (possibly fatal) shock
hazard between the two isolator
terminals. This is all the more critical
since you usually suspect an electrical
problem when you have to resort to
checking your isolator.


If we didn't live so far apart, I'd introduce you to my electrician
friend Paul. His voltmeter is between his forefinger and little
finger...(c;

115 is nothing compared to watching him "finger test" 3-phase 408VAC on a
motor panel trying to figure out what it's doing.

NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON HIM! Your ear will suffer as he touches your
earlobe with one hand in the panel with that shit-eating grin on his
face....(c;

I don't get "shocked" as much in a year as he does in a day. Why he's
still alive remains a mystery but he really doesn't glow-in-the-dark,
either.

I suppose you could be "fatal" if the 115 gave you a heart attack or you
locked up so you can't let go and fried like a hotdog in one of those
across-the-line cookers....

Never test anything you open with it plugged into the dock, if you can
help it.

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