On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:20:05 GMT "Norm Dresner" wrote:

Every X-Ray device I've ever seen uses very high voltages; 10-30KV is not
atypical.

A 30 keV X-ray is almost too weak to get out of the X-ray tube.
Medical X-ray machines run from 60 to 200 kV.

There's a very fundamental High Voltage Service Rule:

Always keep one hand in your back pocket.

I'm afraid that such a rule is really no help at all at truly high
voltages. At voltages like this you will still get nailed right thru
your shoes to a concrete floor.

The only safe way to work on them is by making SURE they are off and
completely discharged.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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