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Fifty years ago. EE school. TV lab. First day practicing TV repair. Two by two on high stools behind the open sets. Joe looking up from the schematic: "John, w
by jonsen 5y ago
Fifty years ago. EE school. TV lab. First day practicing TV repair. Two by two on high stools behind the open sets.
Joe looking up from the schematic: "John, where is the high voltage?"
John knows. Points his finger at the set ... and touch!
I heard the zap and saw John and his stool tilt backwards. Flat on the floor.
He was somewhat pale but otherwise ok.
- jacquesm 5y agoAnd instantly a lot smarter!
- randombits0 5y agoYeah, when his memory returned.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoIt's amazing how complacent we get. Two times every day I duck under an electric gate that's fed by a 10kV (might be higher) low-impedance charger. Been doing it this way for years. Then a few days ago, ducking under it as usual, I happened to be on a slightly higher part of the ground and my back touched it as I was wearing wet, muddy boots. And I was instantly reminded why the horses have learned to not get too close to the fence :-)
- jacquesm 5y agoThose can really whack you when conditions are humid. There is a pretty funny - and very obvious - dumb thing that almost every male that lives in a rural area seems to have to experience all by themselves at least once during their young lives. You don't quite realize how dumb you can be until that happens and then afterwards you will have a much more accurate idea of where you are on the intelligence scale.
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y ago> dumb thing that almost every male that lives in a rural area Maybe I'm lucky that I didn't grow up in a rural area :-) Managed to get one boy out the house without him doing it (that I know of!). Hope the younger one is at least as smart!
- jacquesm 5y agoI still feel so incredibly stupid about this because it's not as if I didn't know... but it won't happen again. I think.
- mrlonglong 5y agoI have accidentally zapped my gonads whilst stepping over an electric fence. Trust me, you definitely don't ever want to do that unless you're into that sort of thing!