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duathlon
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 Posted: 09/23/04 - 15:32 Post subject:
any doubts, I am certified EE (kidding about the certified part  ....) Remember only AC (power lines) gives you a shock not DC, batteries, rectified... but of course if you tap off of a circuit then... TMI?). And as g-dawg said AC/DC is not just the band 
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brie k
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
| duathlon wrote: | | any doubts, I am certified EE (kidding about the certified part ....) Remember only AC (power lines) gives you a shock not DC, batteries, rectified... but of course if you tap off of a circuit then... TMI?). And as g-dawg said AC/DC is not just the band |
I don't know what it is, but rectified gives me the giggles.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 15:44 Post subject:
| duathlon wrote: | | any doubts, I am certified EE (kidding about the certified part ....) Remember only AC (power lines) gives you a shock not DC, batteries, rectified... but of course if you tap off of a circuit then... TMI?). And as g-dawg said AC/DC is not just the band |
Obliviously, you have never touched the DC bus on a 60 HP Variable Frequency Drive. Or grabed the leads of a large capacitor... Voltage is voltage my friend and it can all hurt you.
Edited: because Obliviously I don't know how to spell.
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ScrubbyRunner
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:01 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | Or grabed the leads of a large capacitor... Voltage is voltage my friend and it can all hurt you.
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Perhaps a nice friendly round of 'catch the charged capacitor' is in order?
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:01 Post subject: Re: Electric Circuits...
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When I was a kid I had a way cool flashlight/screwdriver my grandpappy gave me. It was a flashlight, and a screwdriver.
Lying in bed one night, I decided I knew all about electricity. Hey, I had a cool tool, right? So, I unscrewed the lightbulb from the bedside lamp b/c I was going to 'operate' on the lamp...
I stuck the screwdriver in the socket and started my work when, BLAM!! A very loud pop emitted from my lamp, my little flashlight went sailing out of my hand across the room, a breaker flipped, and my spiderman pillow caught on fire and started to smolder. (Not to mention my girlie-boy shriek.)
So hey, if you need any help....  |
im really glad youre ok, but this is the funniest thing ive read all day...
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:05 Post subject:
Gregcam from inside Noley's classroom today...
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brie k
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:07 Post subject: Re: Electric Circuits...
| ScrubbyRunner wrote: |
When I was a kid I had a way cool flashlight/screwdriver my grandpappy gave me. It was a flashlight, and a screwdriver.
Lying in bed one night, I decided I knew all about electricity. Hey, I had a cool tool, right? So, I unscrewed the lightbulb from the bedside lamp b/c I was going to 'operate' on the lamp...
I stuck the screwdriver in the socket and started my work when, BLAM!! A very loud pop emitted from my lamp, my little flashlight went sailing out of my hand across the room, a breaker flipped, and my spiderman pillow caught on fire and started to smolder. (Not to mention my girlie-boy shriek.)
So hey, if you need any help.... |
If she hadn't quoted this, I would have missed it entirely.
I'm sorry, but I almost wet myself reading this.
I am glad you're ok though. To think we could've never had our newest member!! Yipesaroni!
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:09 Post subject: Re: Electric Circuits...
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If she hadn't quoted this, I would have missed it entirely.
I'm sorry, but I almost wet myself reading this.
I am glad you're ok though. To think we could've never had our newest member!! Yipesaroni! |
im glad im not the only one who thinks its funny!
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ScrubbyRunner
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:12 Post subject: Re: Electric Circuits...
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im glad im not the only one who thinks its funny! |
I forgot to mention I was 23 when that happened...
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brie k
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:14 Post subject: Re: Electric Circuits...
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I forgot to mention I was 23 when that happened... |
no you were not!
really?
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ScrubbyRunner
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:19 Post subject:
Well, maybe 6..
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brie k
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:19 Post subject:
| ScrubbyRunner wrote: | | Well, maybe 6.. |
M'kay. One more time. If you cannot be literal, I have no time for you!!!
And while your avatar scares me, green is my favorite color (keep the font color in other words). I'd do it, but I suck at ubb most days!
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ScrubbyRunner
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:22 Post subject:
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M'kay. One more time. If you cannot be literal, I have no time for you!!!
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 I was 6.
| Quote: | | And while your avatar scares me, green is my favorite color (keep the font color in other words). I'd do it, but I suck at ubb most days! |
Hmm.. Perhaps a new avatar is in order. I don't want to scare.. It is kind of an odd martian lookin kid, now that you mention it.
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brie k
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:30 Post subject:
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I was 6. |
but you didn't stick with green?
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ScrubbyRunner
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 16:38 Post subject:
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but you didn't stick with green?
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Ahhh...
Green!!!
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