"Fleetie" wrote in message
...
Nope. Can't say I have. Don't recall taking a chance of blowing
something up
by guessing which way things go. It's risks like that that can get you
killed.

Ah, the familiar Usenet superior-to-thou creature.

'nuff said.




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.

Good night :-X

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?

--
*If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
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!

They let someone who doesn't know anything about electronics mess with
radar? Does the BAA know this?

--
*Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:21:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman
wrote:

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
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!

They let someone who doesn't know anything about electronics mess with
radar? Does the BAA know this?

The BAA doesn't use missile guidance systems AFAIK..................

Besides, the techie was very experienced. BTW, in the same building
there was an ex-Navy guy who was missing his right forearm, because he
had been a sunbmariner and his wrench slipped, slamming down
againstthe main battery buss. Took off his hand and wrist before
melting. He was highly trained, too...................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:21:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman
wrote:

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
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!

They let someone who doesn't know anything about electronics mess with
radar? Does the BAA know this?

The BAA doesn't use missile guidance systems AFAIK..................

Besides, the techie was very experienced. BTW, in the same building
there was an ex-Navy guy who was missing his right forearm, because he
had been a sunbmariner and his wrench slipped, slamming down
againstthe main battery buss. Took off his hand and wrist before
melting. He was highly trained, too...................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

In article ,
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
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!

They let someone who doesn't know anything about electronics mess with
radar? Does the BAA know this?

--
*Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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?

--
*If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn