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Originally Posted by init4fun
 "Making a point" while properly explaining the risk is the right thing to do . Making a point while grossly exaggerating the risk is needless sensationalism and has NO place in a technical discussion ! Give good and factual advice and I'll back you up 100% . Post up the kind of Malakas you posted about 600+ volts in a radio whose B+ goes no higher than about 250 and you can EXPECT to get called out on it . Every time ! |
I realize that but exaggeration is something that needs to be used to make a point sometimes...
For example I once worked on an old Panasonic TV from the 1980s to try and make some fine adjustments to the picture from the back of the tv because it was acting up, and when I was trying to take a look at the screen while I was trying to turn the adjustments in the back to see if I was making any changes to the picture I accidentally rubbed my arm up against the back of the picture tube board and got a painful jolt that gave me a burn mark on my arm and in that case it was more than likely 600+ volts going through there.
Anyways my point is that if you aren't careful with high voltage DC (or AC) you could get hurt.
The exaggeration is supposed to make you think about what you're doing before you do it. Its just like these COVID-19 Ads that they air on TV and on the radio right now, those are extremely exaggerated, and that is a technical application as well, but those ads are very effective at scaring people into staying inside their homes and wearing their face masks when they do need to go out even though the science says otherwise...
So exaggeration is not without merit.
Anyways lets just move on and we can just acknowledge that in this case that exaggeration has no place here, and I'll try to be better at not over exaggeration in cases like this in the future.