TY - JOUR
AU - HICKLEY, P.
AB -  P. HICKLEY Severn-Trent Water Authority, Malvern, Worcestershire, England The recent description by Williams (1984) of a medium power electric fishing apparatus highlights the fact that two important aspects of equipment design are commonly ignored by manufacturers. Firstly, it may be convenient to have a connector on the end of the anode pole to enable it to be quickly detached from the cable, but it is not allowed. The National Joint Health and Safety Committee for the Water Service (1983) clearly states in its guidelines for safety in electric fishing operations that 'Power and control circuit cables should not be extended or fitted with connectors of any type except at the control box or at the output from a generator' and that 'Waterproof glanding should be provided at the point of entry into the (electrode) handle.' This means that the cable from the electrode must be continuous from within the hollow electrode handle as far as its terminal plugs used for connection to the control box. Secondly, Williams (1984) appears to continue the time-honoured malpractice of using one pin of a 3-pin anode outlet socket for power and the other two for low voltage supply to the safety switch. 
TI - Aspects of fishing electrode design
JF - Aquaculture Research
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1985.tb00318.x
DA - 1985-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/aspects-of-fishing-electrode-design-iBHQBJYRLk
SP - 297
VL - 16
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -