Re: neon tube indicator

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Ian,

Don't entrust your life to any such indicators!  The only sure way is to
manually discharge caps, and leave them shorted while you work around them.
Discharge the caps via a long power resistor, such as a 100 watt 1-10 KOhm
to avoid stressing the caps and your ears when you discharge them.
--Steve Young
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: neon tube indicator


> Original poster: "Ian Macky by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<ian.macky-at-oracle-dot-com>
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> would it be kosher to include a neon tube in my NST-based
> tesla coil, across the main capacitor, to indicate the cap
> is still charged?   so when i power down, the tube would
> remain lit, to remind my little pointy head it's not yet
> safe?  would that work?  alternately, is there any way to
> make a lit SAFE indicator that would come ON when the
> capacitor is fully discharged?  --ian
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