I called you an arrogant twat, and stand by the assertion because you've made a huge leap of logic in order to assume my level of knowledge based on a few posts.
Well, to be fair, you presented no indication of your level of experience or expertise,
That point is one I must agree with.
GadgetBoy - Please understand we get every level of skill posting on this forum - and the only way we can judge anyone's competence is by what is shared here. You could have spent 30 years in IC fabrication - but if you don't say anything, then you are not being fair if you shoot someone down for commenting about current limit of bond wires.
As you will appreciate, when people start talking about 3 digit voltages and higher, most members here start treading carefully - as they should. If we don't know your background, we ARE going to be conservative and sometimes that will carry with it some strongly expressed opinion - just to make sure the significance of what is being said
hits home. We cannot look over your shoulder, so our advice
has to
strongly err on the side of safety. We would rather know you were appropriately challenged about your intentions (based on what we know of you) than make assumptions about your skills and have you die as a result.
We NOW know you have sufficient knowledge to understand the risks involved ... and I ask: If
you were presented with someone with the same sort of questions and lack of background as you presented to
us, would you have been any less diligent in responding with a safety and knowledge oriented approach?
AND you posted your question in a portion of the forum intended for beginners, which you are clearly not.
What is the definition of "Beginner"?
Certainly, someone who has little or no experience in electronics qualifies, but I would suggest it is just as appropriate for someone who is not well versed in a particular strand.
Take me for example. The apex of my experience with RF is being able to SWR in 27MHz CB radio antennae - so if I had an RF question, I'd be considering the Beginner's section for that.