[sdiy] help me not electrocute my friend real quick -

Simon Brouwer simon.oo.o at xs4all.nl
Tue Jan 27 09:55:24 CET 2009


If you are worried about the risk of electrocution then you should be
worried to use your equipment with a normal hand-held microphone as
well...

I think your bigger problem is to waterproof the piezo element for proper
operation as a microphone. The piezo crystal may be very sensitive to
moisture.


Horton schreef:
> I'm about to build my friend a contact mic. I found instructions here
> - http://brokenpants.com/?page_id=94 - and I have a few spare piezo
> elements hanging around, so I figure it's a quick job, no problem.
>
> However, she specifically wants to freeze this mic in ice and use it
> to record the sound of the ice cracking as it melts. I figure I'll
> just dip the entire piezo end in plasti-dip, let it dry, and she's
> good...waterproof. Will that be fine? I have no idea what she'll be
> plugging it into on her end, but whatever it is, it's coming off of
> wall power and not batteries.
>
> AH
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