[sdiy] Dumbest Mistakes with Synths Contest Anyone?

[Tom Arnold]

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 07:31:42PM -0400, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Anyone care to join me in entering a contest for the dumbest things
> done with synths?

While assembling a power supply I hooked up the transformer backwards (
20vac winding to 120vac side ) ( not my fault, manufacturer had put the
sleeves on the toroid windings incorrectly ) *and* grabbed the wrong bridge
rectifier so there was a diode basically straight across the now approaching
1kv winding... ( totally my fault )

To top it all off the fuse I got was *NOT* UL listed and was made from some
form of flammable plastic and not ceramic so it just went up in flames and
kept conducting.

After I put the fire out and my ears stopped ringing I was able to salvage
everything past the bridge rectifier.

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