15 Mar
1998
15 Mar
'98
8:54 p.m.
On Sun, 15 Mar 1998 07:26:11 PST, you said:
And I just learned that it was safe to touch
motherboard/cards when your
computers on!
I've replaced components (R's, C's, tube sockets, to name a few) in a
ground-based radar system with power applied. (150-300 volts was
common) All that was really needed was another person, (in case of
electrocution) an isolated-from-ground soldering iron, and isolated
tools (e.g. rubber-handled needle-nosed pliers).
We needed to be able to return the equipment to service quickly,
without waiting for reheat times and such. (Don't try this at home :^)
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Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.