[sdiy] a little knowledge is a dangerous thing !

Scott Gravenhorst music.maker at gte.net
Wed Apr 25 15:12:25 CEST 2012


Not a single reference to actually reading a schematic...

Most of what he demonstrated seemed to be how to use a power screwdriver.  

No warning about capacitors that might still carry a charge of several
hundred volts.  

I won't even start on how many ohms a capacitor should read - IN CIRCUIT
(refer to my first sentence).

The internet seems to be overloaded with these "demonstration" or
"teaching" videos.  They are created by many people simply to generate
payment for clicks (due to advertising).  Many of them are, like this one,
quite useless, a waste of bandwidth and possibly dangerous.

A good book will do far more good.

-- ScottG
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