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Old 18th May 2022, 8:52 pm   #18
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Default Re: AC/ DC radios live chassis.

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Originally Posted by PJL View Post
AC/DC sets are not very safe under any circumstance
They can't be that unsafe! TV's used the same technology for a lot longer and I repaired hundreds of them without the hint of any danger. The workshop I started in didn't have isolation transformers and the benches were fitted with two-pin plugs so worked on the sets (radio's and TV's) on raw mains. All I did was check the chassis with a neon screwdriver to see if it was live or not.

An isolation transformer doesn't really make the sets safer. You can still get a nasty belt if you touch anything live. All the transformer does is enable you to connect earthed test equipment.
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