FilterGuy
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I'll bet you learned a lot about what not to do!!!!....... and was I in deep pooh !
I'll bet you learned a lot about what not to do!!!!....... and was I in deep pooh !
I can SAY anything... it wouldn't be true for me... I have TOTALRESPECT for HV linesmen... I do NOT want any part of that job!How many of you can say that , by one simple wrong connection , you tripped a 400kV power line robbing the electrical network of approx 200 MW of power ? At the time I was working for the power utility on SCADA systems and was I in deep pooh !
I can surely relate to your experiences - remember the large speakers in the 60’s with the impedance matching transformers on the back ? Well, they explode very nicely when plugged into the 220v mains outlet.I've been working in electronics since the 70s and I've ever made a mistake except once... er twice... ah hell who am I kidding...
I exploded a chunk off the end of my thumb while repairing a transmitter out of a radar system. 4KV lightning bolt... crack!
Hooked up an electrolytic capacitor backwards... in a guitar amplifier... was playing a test riff and kapow! Paper and smoke grenade.
I'm old enough to have forgotten the mistakes of my youth. When I was 17 I was in a hurry to go somewhere, hot day, dirty windshield, so I got out a garden hose. Crack! Thermal expansion, duh! I'll never make that mistake again. Forty years later... the water was halfway through it's arc when I realized... I pulled the hose aside but it was too late. The instant the water hit... crack! I dropped the hose and just walked around in little circles talking to myself... onemorebattery you idiot!... @#$%^&*()!.... sheesh what a *&^%$#@ moron! That is the stupidest thing I've ever done twice.
So there's just a few highlights from my blooper reel.
Hah! Now that I can relate to. Used to work as a geochemist in an isotope lab. We would have to distill our own reagents to achieve the purity and concentrations needed to dissolve rocks samples, including nitric. That stuff scared the bejesus out of me.Had my own chemical lab at home , stocked up with chemicals ‘acquired‘ from the school lab and loved to distill all kinds of liquids like pure water and acids - once made pure nitric acid and I watched this single drop forming at the tip of the Liebig condenser. My upper leg was unfortunately under the spout and the drop burnt a crater about 1mm deep and 10mm in dia in the flesh. Still have the scar to prove it.
Dhoman , this stuff was very potent and 100% pure. All I remember was this little cloud of gas coming off my leg - no pain , no blood , just a neatly cauterized wound.Hah! Now that I can relate to. Used to work as a geochemist in an isotope lab. We would have to distill our own reagents to achieve the purity and concentrations needed to dissolve rocks samples, including nitric. That stuff scared the bejesus out of me.
Wow , heavy stuff. Amazing that we are o.k. and not glowing in the dark !Hah! Now that I can relate to. Used to work as a geochemist in an isotope lab. We would have to distill our own reagents to achieve the purity and concentrations needed to dissolve rocks samples, including nitric. That stuff scared the bejesus out of me.
Can you be tooo careful all the time? I wonder. I think there's something to be said for really connecting with your work in ways those "pocket protector" types might miss out on and not appreciate what you really learn from those moments. Fear teaches you stuff you'll never otherwise learn. And there's nothing like a few accidents here and there to really instill that respect.Guys , lovely to read about the s**t you got up to ! Please keep it coming.
Where do YOU live, THE SUN? And what kind of cars were they? I have never had a window crack... winter or summer...I've been working in electronics since the 70s and I've ever made a mistake except once... er twice... ah hell who am I kidding...
I exploded a chunk off the end of my thumb while repairing a transmitter out of a radar system. 4KV lightning bolt... crack!
Hooked up an electrolytic capacitor backwards... in a guitar amplifier... was playing a test riff and kapow! Paper and smoke grenade.
I'm old enough to have forgotten the mistakes of my youth. When I was 17 I was in a hurry to go somewhere, hot day, dirty windshield, so I got out a garden hose. Crack! Thermal expansion, duh! I'll never make that mistake again. Forty years later... the water was halfway through it's arc when I realized... I pulled the hose aside but it was too late. The instant the water hit... crack! I dropped the hose and just walked around in little circles talking to myself... onemorebattery you idiot!... @#$%^&*()!.... sheesh what a *&^%$#@ moron! That is the stupidest thing I've ever done twice.
So there's just a few highlights from my blooper reel.
Where do YOU live, THE SUN? And what kind of cars were they? I have never had a window crack... winter or summer...
Oh, I do not doubt it, just curious where to avoid to prevent this...Well that didn't take long. Even though my comment began by mocking Internet perfection fairy tales you couldn't resist the compulsion to chime in with yours? My perfection story is I've never been tone deaf in a bloopers thread.
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Oh, I do not doubt it, just curious where to avoid to prevent this...
Where do YOU live, THE SUN? And what kind of cars were they? I have never had a window crack... winter or summer...