This is also true Jim. This is why I use a VTVM with a 1 meg resistor in the probe. I make up a special resistor probe divider network in addition to this to do measurements of HV with. I occasionally check the voltmeters on the front of the transmitter for calibration using this lash up. But it also makes a very good pre-checker for voltage before trouble shooting. Of course if the transmitter is all working correctly and I just want to check something or make a modification which I do on a regular basis, then I watch the meters fall when I flip the plate switch off. After they have reached Zero volts then I insert the shorting bar or stick to insure that the plate voltage can't be activated again with out tripping the breaker HIHI.
PS: the bleeder resistors had best be radiating heat after the plate supply is off or I suspect trouble. John, WA5BXO -----Original Message----- True, but should something be wrong with the meter following a disaster, it might not show a charge. What an arc would be drawn if 3 KV remained somewhere and you gave it a direct short. I have always seen a high value resistor in these things. 73 Jim W5JO
