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01 Jun 2018, 5:56 pm
SaveFerris wrote:
^^^ Everything for me is self-taught by trial and error , I've blown a lot of s**t up and only realised afterwards how close I was to serious electrocution. I think there is some external force working at keeping me alive just to suffer as I have been unable to kill myself in many attempts and done lots of stupid s**t and survived 
Well probably same here but I do try and follow basic safety rules. Such as draining capacitors before working on them, most of the power supplies I have worked on have been off for months, same with TVs. However from my understanding they can still hold a charge. Unplugging a power supply and hooking it up a motherboard and turning it on can drain the capacitors too but how effective that is, I don't know. You can additionally work with just your right arm/hand to avoid shocking your heart, again rather that is effective, I don't know. Also, I might be wrong but it seems DC is generally safer then AC. I say that just because most DC products are low enough to not shock someone to badly, with exceptions being power supplies and TVs. But everything you do has some risk in life so, I would let the fear keep someone from playing and doing what they love but a little google never hurt anyone and my power supply modded for SATA drives was still kicking last time I checked
01 Jun 2018, 6:12 pm
Dragnet wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
^^^ Everything for me is self-taught by trial and error , I've blown a lot of s**t up and only realised afterwards how close I was to serious electrocution. I think there is some external force working at keeping me alive just to suffer as I have been unable to kill myself in many attempts and done lots of stupid s**t and survived
Well probably same here but I do try and follow basic safety rules. Such as draining capacitors before working on them, most of the power supplies I have worked on have been off for months, same with TVs. However from my understanding they can still hold a charge. Unplugging a power supply and hooking it up a motherboard and turning it on can drain the capacitors too but how effective that is, I don't know. You can additionally work with just your right arm/hand to avoid shocking your heart, again rather that is effective, I don't know. Also, I might be wrong but it seems DC is generally safer then AC. I say that just because most DC products are low enough to not shock someone to badly, with exceptions being power supplies and TVs. But everything you do has some risk in life so, I would let the fear keep someone from playing and doing what they love but a little google never hurt anyone and my power supply modded for SATA drives was still kicking last time I checked
It was literally a baptism of fire when I learned about caps
01 Jun 2018, 6:26 pm
SaveFerris wrote:
Dragnet wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
^^^ Everything for me is self-taught by trial and error , I've blown a lot of s**t up and only realised afterwards how close I was to serious electrocution. I think there is some external force working at keeping me alive just to suffer as I have been unable to kill myself in many attempts and done lots of stupid s**t and survived
Well probably same here but I do try and follow basic safety rules. Such as draining capacitors before working on them, most of the power supplies I have worked on have been off for months, same with TVs. However from my understanding they can still hold a charge. Unplugging a power supply and hooking it up a motherboard and turning it on can drain the capacitors too but how effective that is, I don't know. You can additionally work with just your right arm/hand to avoid shocking your heart, again rather that is effective, I don't know. Also, I might be wrong but it seems DC is generally safer then AC. I say that just because most DC products are low enough to not shock someone to badly, with exceptions being power supplies and TVs. But everything you do has some risk in life so, I would let the fear keep someone from playing and doing what they love but a little google never hurt anyone and my power supply modded for SATA drives was still kicking last time I checked
It was literally a baptism of fire when I learned about caps
I'd love to have a baptism by fire
I'd actually love to have a baptism by nuke
Can we nuke it to hell with a cap?
01 Jun 2018, 7:28 pm
01 Jun 2018, 8:07 pm
01 Jun 2018, 8:50 pm
The latest from Paris.
01 Jun 2018, 9:26 pm
I see my mom 2x a year so you guys can just deal
01 Jun 2018, 9:32 pm
Darmok wrote:
The latest from Paris.
surely that's that some designer taking the piss or was pissed when he designed it
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01 Jun 2018, 9:33 pm
02 Jun 2018, 2:27 am
Morning all,
It is grass cutting day - I just hope I can finish it.
If not then it will have to do.
Lunch on the lawn today. 
02 Jun 2018, 2:48 am
02 Jun 2018, 2:56 am
02 Jun 2018, 4:30 am
i messed up. 
02 Jun 2018, 4:41 am
Kiprobalhato wrote:
i messed up.
Well at least you are human then
You can also learn from it Kip.
Dragon hugs with a fire cloud above
02 Jun 2018, 4:51 am
SaveFerris wrote:
It's not that, it was less furry
It looked more like classical fairy, with bent leg.blooiejagwa wrote:
I wish I had seen it
I don't think they are so rare, so keep your eyes open...
02 Jun 2018, 4:56 am
Kiprobalhato wrote:
i messed up.
Don't worry, due to the second rule of thermodynamics, mess can only grow with time, any resistance is futile
