Had a similar experience once at a test bench. Had just touched the probes of a voltmeter to a PC board, when there was a flash and zap! But the board wasn’t connected to anything! Turned out, I had a soldering iron plugged in which had a bad cord that shorted just as I made the measurement.
J Short almost 13 years ago
Whoa, I knew I shouldn’t have eaten at Taco Bell.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Whew! That was lucky.
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Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
Today’s lesson: Mr. Bubble is not your friend.
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Had a similar experience once at a test bench. Had just touched the probes of a voltmeter to a PC board, when there was a flash and zap! But the board wasn’t connected to anything! Turned out, I had a soldering iron plugged in which had a bad cord that shorted just as I made the measurement.