The HiFi chat, build and modification thread!
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greenstiles
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i had one of those tuners...very nice sounding 
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But have you ever managed to grab both sides of a live transformer whilst it was plugged in?
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Of course! Who hasn't? It's a rite of passage for all electronics engineers.
Also burned a hole through a thumbnail on the HT Cap of an old CRT telly whilst summer working in my mates brother's telly shop.
Worst of all was touching the output of a Plessey AR15 radar pulse transformer with a screwdriver because I'd been too lazy to find an insulated one to adjust something. Seem to recall that was 9kV, which left me dazed with a bruise up my right arm, though it was never as scary as climbing up the back of the antenna reflector to change the anti-collision lights at the top of the tower - that used to properly sh*t me up!
Luckily I'd learned to work with my left hand in my pocket - as taught to all HV electronics folk - or I might not be here telling the story.
Also burned a hole through a thumbnail on the HT Cap of an old CRT telly whilst summer working in my mates brother's telly shop.
Worst of all was touching the output of a Plessey AR15 radar pulse transformer with a screwdriver because I'd been too lazy to find an insulated one to adjust something. Seem to recall that was 9kV, which left me dazed with a bruise up my right arm, though it was never as scary as climbing up the back of the antenna reflector to change the anti-collision lights at the top of the tower - that used to properly sh*t me up!
Luckily I'd learned to work with my left hand in my pocket - as taught to all HV electronics folk - or I might not be here telling the story.
greenstiles
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i used to do static powder coating........i don't advise touching the thing your about to coat and pulling the trigger on the gun at the same time.......only did it once.......bbbrrrrddd...
greenstiles
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big knobs are good for headphone amps.................as having volume just right is more important for headphone listening it seems...........whats inside ? :?:
greenstiles
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it looks very simple, what are all those big tall things at the back ?
