I've been caught by that one. Someone used 240V IEC inlets as convenient 10A DC inputs to an oven in an ion trap. Fiddling around in the back of the racks, I made the inevitable mistake and Poof! there went $1000 worth of isotopically separated Yb 171. A few years later, someone else did the same thing.
So yes, follow conventions! Michael On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 at 7:35 am, Orin Eman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Chris Albertson < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > A really dumb idea was this guy, I heard this story secondhand. He used > > A/C extension cords for speaker cables because they work well for that > > purpose, but then someone plugged a speaker into a 120vac well outlet. > I > > assume it made a load 60 Hz tone for a few cycles. Best to follow > > industry conventions because that is what people expect. > > > > > CQ magazine had an article where they did something similar and used a > 120V extension cord for low voltage - 12V solar panels or some such > project. Accidently plug the cord into 120V and you'd blow your panels and > radios up! I didn't renew my subscription after that one. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
