Frustrating Day of DIY

[James Damewood]

Do pets make a low impendence path when circuit is powered up?

Jimbob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Patchell" <patchell at teletrac.com>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Frustrating Day of DIY


>
>
> Greg Montalbano wrote:
>
> > Hmmm-- sort of like my baby cockatiel Grace, who pretty much lives on my
> > shoulder -- until it's time to use the logic probe or the soldering
iron;
> > in which case she can't WAIT to climb down to my wrist, shout
instructions
> > at me & try to bite every wire in whatever unit I'm working on.  (A-and
at
> > least a cat won't usually fit INSIDE a synth the way she can ...)
>
>     You would be surprised what a cat will fit inside.  My first modular I
> built, my second cat got inside when he was young, and chewed the wiring
up
> pretty bad (that was about 15 years ago).  It was a good size box, and he
> crawled through a hole in the back that I was going to put a 6 inch
speaker
> in.   I am only now getting around to repairing the damage.
>
>     -Jim
>
>