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The following potential hazards have been clearly identified.
- The High Voltage System
The LeCroy 1458 HV low current power supply provides a nominal
+1.80 kV.
Red HV RG-59/U cable good to 5 kV with standard SHV connectors is used
to connect the power supply to the chambers.
Each HV channel, of the 6 per chamber, typically will draw a few hundred nA.
- The Low Voltage System
LV power supplies are used for the the pre-amp / discriminator / multiplexer
cards.
Each card requires up to
1.6 A at -5 V and 0.6 A at +5 V, plus a few mA threshold at 4 - 8 V.
- High Pressure Gas Bottles The gas used
in the chambers is supplied in high pressure ( 2000 psi) gas
bottles. This confined high pressure gas represents a tremendous
(potentially lethal) amount of stored energy.
10/13/1997