Squealing CRTs

From: Jan Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun Oct 14 00:52:52 2001

Instead I had a really cool exit wound on the
> tip of my pointer (but not as cool as the one on my elbow when I shorted
> theater lighting thru my forearm)


Did you take a picture?



Chris wrote:
>
> >>I don't intend to take up high-voltage repairs as another hobby of mine. I'm
> >>too intent on keeping on living with all my bodily functions intact.
> >
> >Aw, you haven't lived until you've been kicked across the room by a HV
> >powersupply
>
> I wasn't that lucky... when I did it, I shorted a cap thru my finger
> (fortuantly, just thru ONE finger, tip to knuckle). I was working blind
> in a terminal, and I thought some animal was in there that just ripped my
> finger off... I was really expecting to pull out my hand and see a stump
> where my finger had been. Instead I had a really cool exit wound on the
> tip of my pointer (but not as cool as the one on my elbow when I shorted
> theater lighting thru my forearm)
>
> -chris
>
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
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