Re: Monitor Problems

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> I reached over, picked up the supply by the *open* ends, and had lifted
> the 10+ pound power supply about 4", so I had a firm grip on it.  As
> I lifted, my fingers  curled under the chassis just enough to contact
> the positive terminal of the filter capacitor.
>
> What happened in the next 10 milliseconds still amazes me!  My arm
> and chest muscles were seized by a "higher power" and the heavy supply
> was instantly launched with toward the other side of the basement as if
> shot from a cannon!
>
> It hit the wall 25 feet away on the other side of the basement,
> transformer first, and fell to the concrete floor...

:-) This is a fantastic story! Makes my audio amplifier power supplies
seem tame (~90V secondaries with 40,000uF)

I have a bit of a wierd fascination with power supplies, which I guess
is kind of like the oily hand brigades fascination with cubic inches.
You mentioned a while back some experience with an ECL machine - while
fairly harmless, I'm sure the power supply for such system would be
really a sight to behold (at least those of us who are fascinated by
banks of capacitors) :-)

Matt