>From the ones I have worked on, it is not possible to remove the power supply cover without first removing the power supply from the chassis. If the ground wire was open there's a chance of a shock hazard from the exposed metal parts, but it sounds more like he was beaten, not electrocuted.
Ralph McDiarmid, AScT Compliance Engineering Group Xantrex Technology Inc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sweaty man electrocuted by computer In message <be3336be85968d49be01e66d6e365b1e0224b...@sjc1amfpew01.am.sanm.corp>, dated Tue, 31 Jul 2007, "Tarver, Peter" <[email protected]> writes: >Interesting, brief story. New marking proposal: towel off before >servicing. If you believe he was electrocuted, you'll believe anything, IMHO. To get at the high voltages you have to open the power-supply case, not just the outer case. Bruises and blood also don't tally with electrocution. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
