Learn everything about Electronics in about 10 minutes

[thunder58]

Here's a great video gang if you're thinking of learning electronics to work on your gear . Enjoy

 

[drmilktruck]

My favorite one is the shaving episode.

 

[Synchro]

10 minutes?! It only took me 5.

 

[wabash slim]

His friends call him "Sparky".

What's black and crispy and hangs from the ceiling?
Non-union electrician.

 

[DougWheeler74]

His friends call him "Sparky".

What's black and crispy and hangs from the ceiling?
Non-union electrician.

 

[AZBrahma]

All you need to know about electronics is that they all contain magic smoke. If the magic smoke is released, they stop working.

 

[drmilktruck]

Here he makes an electric guitar.

 

[Julio Iguana]

Please tell me where he lives so I can avoid the complete area!

 

[AZBrahma]

I can't lie, I laughed like a little girl from beginning to end. That guy is just hopelessly careless. Soldering on a hot circuit just about beats all, insane. I hope he lives long enough to create something amazing!

In the days where I did live circuit development and 'pin 3' biasing of B+ vacuum tube circuits, I was hyper vigilant. Thick rubber soled shoes, rubber gloves, rubber screwdrivers, plastic clips, the whole nine. Being hit with 550 or 600 volts of plate current was not on my to-do list. Plus at the time I lived alone, so it may have a been a week or two before someone discovered the charred, smoking hull of my corpse.

 

[DougWheeler74]

I've been zapped a few times, never through intentional carelessness though. One I remember in particular was when I was working on some gear in the Navy. The equipment door was open and due to its position I was laying on the floor taking voltage readings. The ship rolled and the door latch failed causing it to slam into me. I took a 500V charged capacitor to the face. I flopped a bit and yelled; my buddies all though it was darn funny. That proves the male adage: "It's funny until someone gets hurt - then it's hilarious."

 

[Synchro]

I can't lie, I laughed like a little girl from beginning to end. That guy is just hopelessly careless. Soldering on a hot circuit just about beats all, insane. I hope he lives long enough to create something amazing!

In the days where I did live circuit development and 'pin 3' biasing of B+ vacuum tube circuits, I was hyper vigilant. Thick rubber soled shoes, rubber gloves, rubber screwdrivers, plastic clips, the whole nine. Being hit with 550 or 600 volts of plate current was not on my to-do list. Plus at the time I lived alone, so it may have a been a week or two before someone discovered the charred, smoking hull of my corpse.

I assumed that he was faking, but maybe not.

 

[drmilktruck]

I assumed that he was faking, but maybe not.

I think it's a mixture. Most of the time I think he really is getting zapped, but others are exaggerated.

 

[MentalTossFlycoon]

My grandfather taught me everything about electricity when i was 5 years old. He was out in the garage and I wandered up and asked him what he was doing. Said he working on the lawnmower. I asked if I could help. He said sure just hold this wire for me real tight (the spark plug lead). He rared back and gave the rope a helluva tug I went rollin out in the back yard. I can still hear that fat man laughing about it.

 

[Desirsar]

And this is why I prefer using only things that handle the power going into a pedal, or ideally 5V USB.

 

[KaHOnas]

Margaret Thatcher‽

Hahaha!