On 17 Sep 2007 06:39:55 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:20:52 UTC, Ferd Farkel
wrote:

On Sep 8, 6:53 pm, "Bob Eager" wrote:
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:47:23 UTC, "Dave Gordon" d@p wrote:
What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman
accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw
it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what
unfortunately went wrong.

Don't really want to feed this journalist/'researcher' but..

(a not uncommon scenario)

I worked in a large garage for a couple of summers. Guy fiddling around
under dashboard of car. Wearing watch with stainless steel bracelet.
Yes...shorted heavy 12 volt cable to car body via bracelet. Lots of
current and heat.

I wear a loose, thin stainless steel chain on one wrist. Take it off
when working inside PCs, on cars, near batteries, etc...

Traditional "grounding strap" when working on static sensitive
MOSFETs is a steel wris****ch band connected via a 1 meg
resistor to a wire connected to a grounded pipe.

Pretty stupid idea unless the outside of the band is insulated, though.
Proper earthing straps are cheap.


Generally when working with static sensitive electronics your power is
also limited toless than an amp. Generally you would blow the
protection fuse before heating the bracelet up enough to do any
damage.

In automotive and high power apps this obviously is not true.

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