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  • D David Cunningham

    Ouch

    David

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    Nish Nishant
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    David Cunningham wrote:

    Ouch

    You set yourself up for that one, Dave :-D

    Regards, Nish


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    • M Marc Clifton

      RandyBeck wrote:

      The assembly uses 12 VDC, so a CPU supply is perfect.

      Is it? A supply that is designed to pump out several amps, as in, probably 10 or 20 or more? Is what you're powering requiring that much juice? And what about all the other voltages coming off a CPU supply? I don't know about you, but "perfect" means the right tool, in this case, something that closely matches the power requirements of the equipment you're powering, not something juryrigged that's probably complete overkill. Well, that's my 2c. Marc

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      Dan Neely
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      Marc Clifton wrote:

      And what about all the other voltages coming off a CPU supply?

      Depends on the quality of the PSU. A cheapo will generally react badly to a highly unbalanced load and have significant voltage shifts as a result, a better quality one won't care.

      -- CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem]. Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?

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      • R Roger Wright

        He'll be able to light dead flourescent bulbs simply by walking past them, I'm sure. I do that all the time, and I've only licked a 9 volt battery once in my life.

        "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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        Bassam Abdul Baki
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        Roger Wright wrote:

        I've only licked a 9 volt battery once in my life.

        Didn't it taste like wasabi?


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        • R RandyBeck

          This morning I got into work about 2 hours before everyone else. The company I work for designs "appliances" for the medical industry. We help to save lives, but I'd need a non-disclosure form signed from everyone here before I could say more. So I get into work and I am planning on mounting a computer power supply to a piece of nylon board along with a controller circuit and an assembled product. Someone could take this with and demo it. The assembly uses 12 VDC, so a CPU supply is perfect. I solder a large amount of wires, add fuses, switches, relays. Now in order to get the power supply to work outside of a computer, I've got to short pin 14 to ground. So I do this. Everything is ready. My left hand is lying on the supply, the cover is off, so my hand is on top of the internals. And... I insert the power supply cord to the back of the supply. The switch was in the on position. If you have never felt AC voltage flowing though your body, I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. I jump back and I am not fried, my hair is not on fire. My heart is going about 300 mph and my left pointer finger is a little sensitive. I say to myself, "You lucky son of a ....." The secretary walks through the door, she smiles and says good morning. I reply back in same fashion as she sips her coffee and walks past.

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          ednrgc
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          RandyBeck wrote:

          The company I work for designs "appliances" for the medical industry

          Should we call it "marital aides" :laugh::laugh::laugh:

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          • R RandyBeck

            This morning I got into work about 2 hours before everyone else. The company I work for designs "appliances" for the medical industry. We help to save lives, but I'd need a non-disclosure form signed from everyone here before I could say more. So I get into work and I am planning on mounting a computer power supply to a piece of nylon board along with a controller circuit and an assembled product. Someone could take this with and demo it. The assembly uses 12 VDC, so a CPU supply is perfect. I solder a large amount of wires, add fuses, switches, relays. Now in order to get the power supply to work outside of a computer, I've got to short pin 14 to ground. So I do this. Everything is ready. My left hand is lying on the supply, the cover is off, so my hand is on top of the internals. And... I insert the power supply cord to the back of the supply. The switch was in the on position. If you have never felt AC voltage flowing though your body, I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. I jump back and I am not fried, my hair is not on fire. My heart is going about 300 mph and my left pointer finger is a little sensitive. I say to myself, "You lucky son of a ....." The secretary walks through the door, she smiles and says good morning. I reply back in same fashion as she sips her coffee and walks past.

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            I saw this movie. You're going to get super powers, and their going to fry you in the electric chair. :-D

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