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Tetris

Thu Oct 27 2011, 12:28AM

Registered Member #4016 Joined: Thu Jul 21 2011, 01:52AM
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...when while writing above post, you had the urge to go to your pretty big, old, CRT screen, take a metal flashlight, cover screen with aluminum foil, and arc to yourself. You are recording this at the same time, and you record yourself yelping because the strength of the current surprised you.

...when you are supposed to be cleaning your room but you'd rather go on 4HV.

...when you have various marks on your hands and arms from "accidentally" being zapped.

...when you cannot create any profile without it having a high voltage term in it, especially Tesla Coils.

...when you are trolled IRL in your electronics class

... when everyone wants to cheat off of you in said class

...when you can easily think of many of these

...when you look at the new sound amplifier your dad bought, and look at the old one, and is really disappointed that dad will not let me take transformer out of amplifier.

...when your eye power is a -6 and a -7.5 from staring at lightning and other arcs too long

...when your mom or a cleaning maid picks up about 10 resistors off of the carpet in your room

...when you plan to dress up as a mad scientist as Halloween and say that you aren't dressed up, you are.

...when you've watched 90% of all mythbusters episodes ever made and your favorite is still the ones where they show a marx generator and a tesla coil

Gah now I only have half an hour to take a bath and clean room before my mom gets here and mythbusters comes on. :P I can still think of more.

Tetris

Thu Oct 27 2011, 12:31AM

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one more.

...when you plan to get tattoos on your arms, stomach and back of tesla coil circuits, and more pictures of tesla coils on hands. Then you plan to go to the beach and lie down in a crowded area and wait for people to question. Also, if I get a marx generator tattoo on my sternum I can say "Why are you looking at my boobs?"

Chip Fixes

Thu Oct 27 2011, 01:00AM

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Killa-X wrote ...

...When your at work, and see your boss's messy desk. You relise its a 2ft wide, 5ft tall cart on wheels, with a slanted panel that locks closed, and can swing open.

First thought to mind: I want...That would be a really really nice control panel after a paint job!!!

Tranny below, Buttons/Switches/Levers/Knobs on the slant, and meters on the back shelfs. New paint, bottom area gets metal plates, wallah. Control panel!

Oh What a wonderful idea!

Dr. Drone

Thu Oct 27 2011, 02:37AM

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hsieh

Thu Oct 27 2011, 12:50PM

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HighVoltageChick wrote ...

...when your mom or a cleaning maid picks up about 10 resistors off of the carpet in your room

My sister once stepped on an IC with bare foot and yelled at me.

HighVoltageChick wrote ...

... when you only watched "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" because you heard that the movie directly depicts Tesla Coils

My teacher asked me"do you want to be the sorcerer's apprentice?"when he know I'm building Tesla Coils

Conundrum

Fri Oct 28 2011, 08:12AM

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I had that happen with a mains plug. Ow. OWOWOWOW!!!!!!!

Yes had the IC as well, at least the pins didn't bend too.

What *really* hurts is jamming a hot freshly tinned wire end under a fingernail, and the pain making you drop the soldering iron and catching it in mid air by the hot end.

-A

Tetris

Fri Oct 28 2011, 03:53PM

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Dr. Spark wrote ...

Dr. Spark wrote ...

When you open a Visa credit card just to order parts for HV !

When your parents/wife order a cake and have a party each time you create a new coil that works (Real story looking for pics of cakes)

Spark on,
Dr. Spark

*tries not to burst out laughing* So what do they sing when they present to you the cake? or do your coils sing XD

Found a pic of a cake, yep got the whole family rooting for HV indeed. Think the BI-Polar is still holding the record for the largest BI-Polar DRSSTC in the world since 2008 @

Spark on,
Dr Spark

Tetris

Fri Oct 28 2011, 03:55PM

Registered Member #4016 Joined: Thu Jul 21 2011, 01:52AM
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Conundrum wrote ...

I had that happen with a mains plug. Ow. OWOWOWOW!!!!!!!

Yes had the IC as well, at least the pins didn't bend too.

What *really* hurts is jamming a hot freshly tinned wire end under a fingernail, and the pain making you drop the soldering iron and catching it in mid air by the hot end.

-A

Epic fail LOL. *looks at now 3 week old burn from soldering iron* aaaaallmost faded! still dark spot though! lol I bet you cant hold anything!

Alex M

Fri Oct 28 2011, 06:33PM

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HighVoltageChick wrote ...

Epic fail LOL. *looks at now 3 week old burn from soldering iron* aaaaallmost faded! still dark spot though! lol I bet you cant hold anything!

I was once showing my young sister how to use a hot glue gun for something she was making for a school project and *accidentally* got a big blob of it in her hair.

Hon1nbo

Mon Oct 31 2011, 04:07AM

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Posts: 1040

... your professor asks you if you want a High Voltage RF PSU being thrown out of a lab.
... you sleep next to CM600 bricks and PSUs.
... you've been shocked more than your electrician.
... you're given Retinal access to a school lab in order to protect the campus Dorms from your projects.
... your April Fool's prank in middle school is a battery powered, micro-sized HV transformer wired to various desks.
... you can describe from first hand experience what 50,000 Volts striking the skin smells like.
... you make every excuse possible to include High Voltage in assignments, like a 7.5kV supply embedded in a tube with a pen attached for wood burning in middle school art class.

-Jimmy

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