Always remember to turn off the power if plugging in a mains lead into a psu, while holding the socket!
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20th November 2007, 15:19 #1Competent
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20th November 2007, 15:24 #2I am Legion for we are many. Staff Member
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Nah! It's much more fun living on the edge.
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20th November 2007, 15:26 #3Competent
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Yea, but it bloody hurts! My arm is still numb!!!
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20th November 2007, 15:29 #4I am Legion for we are many. Staff Member
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Electricity roulette is always a buzz. I've done it many times and never learned the lesson yet. Besides it keeps you on your toes.
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20th November 2007, 15:34 #5Retro Addict Administrator
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I've electrocuted myself a couple of times in the past. Once I was trying to get an Atari ST to work. The internal PSU was faulty with its circuit board having become bowed which had caused a dry joint issue. I tried straightening out the circuit board with a plastic bull dog clip, but when i switched the system on the board must have been pushed down too far as the board shorted out and a load of the capacitors exploded. Great fun to watch but it hurt!
The other was when i was trying to adjust the screen of an old monitor using the internal adjusters you get on the back of the tube. The monitor didn't have a case on it and I accidentally touched the metal harness. That really hurt! And I saw a huge blue spark!
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20th November 2007, 15:56 #6I am Legion for we are many. Staff Member
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CRT monitors are a definite no, no when it comes to home repairs. Capacitors will make you go toasty. I've only been shocked about 5 times this year (Slow year) twice on a DVD twice off SCART sockets (God knows how as they hardly carry any current) and once off a PSU. Thing is there are people who pay to have experiances like that it some exclusive places.
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20th November 2007, 16:06 #7
I have had some small electric shocks by touching the metal part of the video recorders case, where a bit of paint had been chipped off, and also by touching a bit of wire in a scart cable. They were only small though and didn't hurt.
I also tend to get electric shocks from cars (silver ones mostly), but this hasn't happened for over a year.
I've never had an electric shock from a CRT though, even when messing with the little controls in the back of it. I did however, get a headache when it was switched on with the cover removed.
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