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Originally Posted by Username1
The original statement was letting the hv arc to a screwdriver to ground....
No direct contact made.... Just a quick arc, no 1/2 hour welding job, popping
pop corn, roasting a turkey stuff like that..... One quick Zap! Yup there is HV, move on....
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Understood.
But why take the risk, even briefly, when there is no need for the screwdriver to be grounded to make that test?
High voltage RF will arc to an ungrounded metal object just fine, without the danger of the DC following the arc path to ground and overloading the transformer winding.