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Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
might as well work on your car battery while standing barefoot on your concrete garage floor. While standing in a puddle of gasoline. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
Misfit wrote: Leaving something plugged in and grounding yourself at the same time... might as well work on your car battery while standing barefoot on your concrete garage floor. Except that there's no HV around unless the PSU has failed and grounded to its case, or you open the PSU, or you have a HV water pump that somehow has exposed leads, etc. Ice wrote: To do it 'properly', you would place your PC on an anti-static mat, replace power lead with a lead prupose built lead which connects only the ground with to the PC (or attach PC to a ground point), use an anti-static wristband (to ground you) with other end attached to the PC (which is now grounded), touch a bare metal part of the PC case before you start, to discharge any static you may have, and be carful not to unecessarilly touch any electrical circuits anyway. Which is essentially what I was suggesting, less the antistatic mat, which is of course a good idea as well. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
might as well work on your car battery while standing barefoot on your concrete garage floor. So you've tried it then? :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
So you've tried it then? :P When I didn't intend to ;^) The real danger in that scenario isn't the shock (which is unpleasant enough) but that, in yanking your hand away reflexively, you'll yank it right into the cooling fan or some such. |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
Misfit wrote:Leaving something plugged in and grounding yourself at the same time... might as well work on your car battery while standing barefoot on your concrete garage floor. I'm glad we would both suggest the same thing. But then it must be a few years since I used an anti-static mat, or wrist strap, or grounded a PC - but I've never lost a component yet, and like to think I know what I'm doing (touch wood). Mind you, there was that SIMM that died with that scorch mark in the RAM socket which killed the motherboard... The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
So you've tried it then? :P Leaning from the passenger side there isn't much chance of doing that. Right hand on the timing gun and left hand on the distributer. Just some nice Jolts. I've changed the wires out since, so no more zapping. :( :D The real danger I had a coil spring(front tire) pop out of the compression tool and luckly it hit my hand and missed my face. I couldn't move 2 fingers for a couple days from the blow. :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P Need to lay off the juice. :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 6 Apr 08 Posts: 2018 Credit: 100,142,856 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P Actually, it wasn't wine, it was port. It was a while back when I was in bed with a snapped Achilles’ tendon. When I tried to navigate out of bed past the tray holding the laptop and port... It was a new laptop, not even a week old. I hobbled to the shop with crutches and helper. They confirmed the motherboard was zapped, and gave me a new laptop. Luckily the warranty covered accidental spillages. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P Should have used it more than spilled on it. It's always an accident. :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P I have a Logitech G15 keyboard that is always on from a soda spillage. Better ON that OFF though. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P Reminds me of tests I saw in a magazine of a Nintendo DS, one was being flushed in a toilet. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
Ice wrote: I'm glad we would both suggest the same thing. But then it must be a few years since I used an anti-static mat, or wrist strap, or grounded a PC - but I've never lost a component yet, and like to think I know what I'm doing (touch wood). Yeah, it's not as crazy risky as some would have you believe, and I usually take those precautions, anyway. Especially when I'm doing a new build. |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
banditwolf wrote: Leaning from the passenger side there isn't much chance of doing that. Right hand on the timing gun and left hand on the distributer. Just some nice Jolts. I've changed the wires out since, so no more zapping. :( :D See? If you drove a Ford, you wouldn't have these problems. BTW, my favorite car ever was my late, lamented (stolen), 1967 GTO convertible, which had the distributor in the same place as yours, and used points to boot. banditwolf wrote: I had a coil spring(front tire) pop out of the compression tool and luckly it hit my hand and missed my face. I couldn't move 2 fingers for a couple days from the blow. :P Ouch! My closest close call was the car falling off the jackstands (NOT jack, jackSTANDS) while I was sitting on the ground, perparing to work on the brakes. I pulled my leg out in time, but the drum still landed on my pants leg. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
The red wine that killed the laptop doesn't count - drinking and surfing in bed isn't usually required with anti-static mats :P Are you sure that wasn't the result of having to play a Nintendo DS? me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
lloyd wrote: See? If you drove a Ford, you wouldn't have these problems.I was only tuning the engine up. The only fords I like is an original GT 40, or a GT 500H. BTW, my favorite car ever was my late, lamented (stolen), 1967 GTO convertible, which had the distributor in the same place as yours, and used points to boot. The engine is a '73, so it originally came with points, already changed out thankfully, with a slightly newer pontiac HEI. Ouch! My closest close call was the car falling off the jackstands (NOT jack, jackSTANDS) while I was sitting on the ground, perparing to work on the brakes. I pulled my leg out in time, but the drum still landed on my pants leg. Close call. Couple times I thought that would happen. I could go on. If anybody wants to talk cars, maybe we should start a new thread :P Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Reminds me of tests I saw in a magazine of a Nintendo DS, one was being flushed in a toilet. No, they actually stuck it in and flused. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
Reminds me of tests I saw in a magazine of a Nintendo DS, one was being flushed in a toilet. Well yeah, because they were forced to play it. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0 |
Reminds me of tests I saw in a magazine of a Nintendo DS, one was being flushed in a toilet. I don't think it's that bad. But I only have a few games, FF's & such. I won the one I have. :P I think the GBA is the best so far. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. |
Send message Joined: 12 Oct 07 Posts: 77 Credit: 404,471,187 RAC: 0 |
The real danger in that scenario isn't the shock (which is unpleasant enough) but that, in yanking your hand away reflexively, you'll yank it right into the cooling fan or some such. Many many years ago, I used to work in submarines. Lots of very confined spaces. I learnt very quickly to ignore the "move away" reflex as that would normally lead to several more serious injuries. Tom Hanks 2 minute accident in The Money Pit springs to mind :) |
Send message Joined: 1 Dec 08 Posts: 139 Credit: 8,721,208 RAC: 0 |
Temujin wrote: Many many years ago, I used to work in submarines. Lots of very confined spaces. I imagine so! ;^) Temujin wrote: Tom Hanks 2 minute accident in The Money Pit springs to mind :) One doesn't generally think of Hanks doing physical comedy (nothing like, say, Adam Sandler), and I remember that as being pretty funny. |
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