On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:06:14 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman
wrote:

In article ,
Nath wrote:
I meant anything. For example, I don't now anything about electronics,
so decide to wire up a 1 farad capacitor, but in the wrong phase. I then
stand above it when I switch the power on.

Why would you wire a 1 farad capacitor to anything if you didn't know
about electronics? And where would you get a high voltage 1 farad
capacitor that might blow up and what would you be using it for?

Well, I heard a guy drop a spanner into a 1 farad 3kV capacitor one
day. He was temporarily blinded, permanently deafened in one ear, and
the rest of us at that end of the building were left with ringing ears
for a few days. The spanner disappeared entirely..................

Don't mess with big radar sets!

BTW, I've had my share of serious belts over the years, including
being thrown across a lab after leaning on two 'scopes that were
'earth lifted' and 380 volts apart! Makes you feel *very* peculiar for
an hour or two.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering