[rescue] -48dc

James Sharp jsharp at psychoses.org
Sun Feb 17 23:37:46 CST 2002


> heh, heh..  no kidding.  One of my early electronics lessons (at about 8
> years) from 'Uncle Rick' was him handing me an old screwdriver and directing
> me to touch it across a couple of terminals on a BIG capacitor.  Welded the
> screwdriver right to the terminals, and welded the *be careful with caps*
> message right into my brain.
>

And, of course, remember the very large cap in TVs...that picture tube.

James thinks, "Oh, it won't hold a charge"..*ZAP*..James picks himself up
off
the floor 15 feet away.



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