Martin wrote: >I always thought electronics were... sensitive stuff. However, just >yesterday I convinced myself of the opposite.
[snippage] My only electronics tale of woe (not mine) comes from a GCSE class (14-16 year olds) where we were building a full recification circuit to convert an AC main supply to a DC supply that could be used with a simple circuit. Except we were using capacitors, beeeeg capacitors, and anyone who has done some electronics knows what happens when you connect a big capacitor the wrong way around.... *KAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!* It was excellent to watch! There was a yellow coloured mini-mushroom cloud that spewed out of the breadboard and dispersed into the air. We had to evacuate the room until the fumes had sufficiently cleared and there was this huge yellow stain on the wall against which my classmate had been working. Needless to say, he was mercilessly taunted for the remainder of the course, and the AS Electronics course that most of us took from 16-18. :) Lal GSV Don't mess with capacitors ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and solely for the intended addressee(s). Unauthorised reproduction, disclosure, modification, and/or distribution of this email may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of LIFFE Holdings Plc or any of its subsidiary companies. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
