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Note, do NOT leave bubble wrap on the floor
aargee:
A plastic ruler flexed and snapped back down on the workbench has a similar effect.
larrybl:
“Catch the 200v charged electrolytic” was a good game at university. 25 years later if anyone throws anything at me I still automatically avoid catching it.
We did this too in Vo-Tech, but mixed it up with vacuum tubes so you had to decide in a split weather to catch or pass.
ConKbot:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on July 30, 2020, 09:16:09 am ---Another old trick is to roll a turn or so of solder off the reel, cut the length in half & insert a piece of tinned copper wire (TCW), soldering it to the solder (it sounds a bit difficult, but it really isn't.)
Roll the "doctored" length back on, & leave the roll where someone is likely to be doing a lot of solder joints.
They won't notice the TCW until they try to heat the end & the heat runs straight up the copper to their fingers!
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I've grabbed a roll of solid, tinned, uninsulated wire instead of solder before, it was thin enough I didn't notice it wasn't as soft as it should be. Spent 5 minutes mucking with the soldering station,as the new JBCs were way more flaky than the old ones, and would burn up tips when they failed to recognize the iron was back in the holder.
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