[rescue] -48dc

[George Adkins]

On Monday 18 February 2002 12:37 am, you wrote:
> > heh, heh..  no kidding.  One of my early electronics lessons (at about 8
> > years) from 'Uncle Rick' was him handing me an old screwdriver and
> > directing me to touch it across a couple of terminals on a BIG capacitor.
> >  Welded the screwdriver right to the terminals, and welded the *be
> > careful with caps* message right into my brain.
>
> And, of course, remember the very large cap in TVs...that picture tube.
>
> James thinks, "Oh, it won't hold a charge"..*ZAP*..James picks himself up
> off
> the floor 15 feet away.

he he he...  I had to learn that one separately too. (although it wasn't 
funny at the time...)

George