[sdiy] Re:Need Some Advice

[patchell]

    Boy, we have some evil people on this group....I would never..uh...wait, when
I was in high school, I stuck a 10 ohm 1/2 watt resistor in the AC outlet of the
power panel the teacher was going to use for a demo.  When he threw the master
switch...bammo..... ;^)

epeasant at telusplanet.net wrote:

> >    Worst one I ever had was a 330uF 10V cap that was the bulk bypass cap on
>
> >a DSP card.  The assembler put it in backwards....
>
> Waaaaayyyyyyy waaayyyyy back, we used to wire small electrolytics across other
> technicians lamp bulbs on their benches. When they turned on the lamp first
> thing in the morning, they were greeted with a surprise explosion. Good clean
> fun!!
>
> We also experimented with speaker drivers connected directly to the ac line,
> not to mention steel wool arc welding. :-P
>
> Take care,
> Doug
>
> ______________________
> The Electronic Peasant
>
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