• DocumentCode
    1465654
  • Title

    Protection against electric shock from central office communications equipment

  • Author

    Jones, Ray V.

  • Author_Institution
    American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, N. Y.
  • Volume
    74
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1955
  • Firstpage
    810
  • Lastpage
    813
  • Abstract
    The various precautions taken in the design of central office communications equipment to reduce to a minimum the possibility of dangerous electric shock are outlined. These include interlocks on high-voltage control equipment, series resistors used with pin jacks, protective grids, and special test probes.
  • Keywords
    Electric shock; Lifting equipment; Maintenance engineering; Probes; Rectifiers; Safety; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1955.6439556
  • Filename
    6439556