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Do you guys use an isolation transformer for your lab/workbench?

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timeandfrequency:
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--- Quote from: tautech on February 03, 2023, 01:23:32 am ---Gloves implies 2 hands are used which for mains breaks the good old rule of keeping one hand in the back pocket when working on mains.
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The well-known rule is undoubtfully good advice when working with bare hands. If you need both hands to probe inside a DUT, wearing insulated gloves usually provides a sufficient level of safety. I couldn't find any seller that only sells one glove.

tautech:

--- Quote from: timeandfrequency on February 03, 2023, 01:45:11 am ---I couldn't find any seller that only sells one glove.

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:-DD

themadhippy:

--- Quote ---I couldn't find any seller that only sells one glove
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Ya didny look very hard,although buying a pair might be cheaper
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/michael-jackson/white-glove-sold-auction-value/

Electro Detective:

--- Quote from: tautech on February 03, 2023, 01:58:10 am ---
--- Quote from: timeandfrequency on February 03, 2023, 01:45:11 am ---I couldn't find any seller that only sells one glove.

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:-DD

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Bob has you covered:  :-+   www.bobthewelder.com.au/products/xt-left-handed-welding-gloves-green-long

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FWIW folks: 30ma RCDs rarely trip at 30ma

Anywhere from 15 to 28ma  is what usually happens, and a good unit will have about 2 to 3ma repeatability

i.e. test the suckers properly before trusting your life and gear with them,
better still, use two RCDs  piggy backed.
One of the two 'may' trip 'faster', or both will work if the trip current approaches zap city.

But they won't do you much good with an electrical fault or short in the chain, so..FUSE UP, just past the DUTs current rating,

and you won't need an imitation rabbits foot or garlic necklace  :phew:

Electro Detective:

--- Quote from: bigfoot22 on February 03, 2023, 10:43:46 am ---Welding gloves would be too thick I'm afraid.

I already use Nitrile gloves. A highly coveted stockpile of exactly 1 box of them. Got no idea where I'm going to get the second box from but that is a problem for the future.

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Once your hands get sweaty in those, you better think of possible conductivity consequences,
especially if there's a pinhole or paper cut slice you can't see, especially if salt is a favorite in your diet. 

I usually have cheap thin cotton gloves on first, then work large nitrile or similar gloves over. You get a few good dry hours use from that.

Or if it has to be tight thin nitriles for finicky handling, then I swap them over for dry ones once I feel the hands getting sweaty

The sweaty gloves get 'flipped out' and put out to dry etc

= a bit hard to put on again, but the effort is great for the wallet  :D

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