19 Jan
2004
19 Jan
'04
7:22 a.m.
On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 12:33, Witchy wrote:
I made that mistake with a Mac PSU that had failed the other day - the
nearest thing to lay it out on in order to measure a few voltages was
the underside of the plastic lid to the Mac.
Note to self: The shielding paint or whatever it is they use on the
underside of the lid is quite nicely conductive. Whoops :-) (Yes, I was
half-asleep that day)
cheers
Jules
And from where
did this (magic) smoke come? You do, of course, realise
that it's smoke that makes electronic devices work -- when the smoke
comes out they stop working.
Oh yes :) It was very weird - I've not come across conductive plastic
before! I had the motherboard resting the right way up on the thick plastic
sheet (mylar?) that covers the bottom of the power supply and the underside
of the top part of the case, also plastic.