Yoke flipping - voltages involved?

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Here's a dumb question, are yoke voltages too high to safely change using a physical switch?

I was thinking of setting up a test monitor with a switch for swapping the connections rather than having the pull the connections and replug them, and I was wondering if the voltages involved would make that too dangerous.
 
Nope... I installed switches on a yoke on one of my monitors a LONG time ago (when I only had a couple cabs), and never had a problem. For obvious reasons, I wouldn't switch it while it's running, but IIRC, there were several pages explaining how to install a switch for the yoke wires. I don't remember if it was Bob Roberts, Randy Fromm, or just some random websites though, since it was so long ago.

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I was told by Ken Layton to not use a switch since one of the yoke wires,not sure which one,has around 400v and a switch can't handle it.
I know some have used a switch but I didn't want to chance a failure in a switch as it got older.
I ended up using wire and molex connectors rated 600v to manually flip the yoke.
I ran the wires to the coin door to make it easier.
I also positioned the connectors and pins in such a way that you can't accidentally connect the horiz. to vert.
I did have to modify the connectors so they could be reversed but that is a piece of cake.
 
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