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Article #22405Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
From: james wygralak
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 22:53
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 22:53
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I think the greatest fireball I ever created was the time I plugged the 8 ohm secondary of an audio transformer into the 120V line. (I mistook it for a power xfmr) It was an audio transformer from an old TV set. I was fairly large. When I applied the power, the windings got real hot real fast. This must have vaporized the varnish, wax, and whatever else was in there, which then ignited. BZZZZZZT! FOOM! Another note of caution: Beware of shrapnel from exploding capacitors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ darus@chinet.chi.il.us BSEET looking for a gig.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!gargoyle!chinet!darus From: darus@chinet.chi.il.us (james wygralak) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Summary: Foom! Message-ID: <1990Feb24.225351.8797@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 24 Feb 90 22:53:51 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp> <648@sagpd1.UUCP> Reply-To: darus@chinet.chi.il.us (james wygralak) Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 17