Guys? Guys? Damn, there's no one here...it's cold...and i hear strange noises...what?...what is uses crt;?...who's there?...what the hell...NOO PLEASE DON'T EAT ME,NOOO !!!
Hmm... I think more dangerous is programmer who think is electrician, not just only who have soldering iron in hands.
I remember when bought my first multimeter some months ago and wanted to test it... so i put it in socket in my house... (European, 220V)...
In one second, whole high-rise building was without energy and stick from multimeter melted a little
Heh, I had almost the same idea.
I put 500V capacitor in the socket and then KABOOOOM!!!!!!!!~!~!~!
Well, not exaclty, only the ?fuse? poped out, so I felt really happy
What I learnt back in my first practical semester - was a electronics noob back then (and still am - don't use a phone jack to grab power. Or you'll end up with a short-circuit. But my boss told me to use this jack, so I soldered around (remember ... noob) and got the adapter working - the cheap power supply of the test computer stopped working after it was plugged in however
I actually build working electric devices as another hobby.
Like a metal detector, shortwave radios etc.
But I guess that's what happens if ones father works at Denel.