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Dr David Mills
Nixie@Dtl From the creators of "pigtails are not handles"...
Andrew Lewis Workshop@Dtl reminds me of a conversation I had with a colleague once:
Them: "have you worked on these before?"
Me: "yes, a few times..."
Them: "I've got the lid off, any advice?"
Me:"Um..."
Them:"arghhhhh!"
Me:"the heat sinks are live, not grounded?"
Them:"thanks."
Them: "have you worked on these before?"
Me: "yes, a few times..."
Them: "I've got the lid off, any advice?"
Me:"Um..."
Them:"arghhhhh!"
Me:"the heat sinks are live, not grounded?"
Them:"thanks."
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@LewisWorkshop @Dtl shocked myself on a network appliance a while back due to this. they had a couple of TO220 packaged diodes bonded to a heatsink, and the tabs were at mains potential. gave me a dead arm for about an hour.
EndlessMason@Dtl We had budget for a sticker, but not a proper handle. sorry.
PhoenixSerenity@Dtl I was telling a couple of galpals about warning labels a couple of weeks ago & how for every one that exists - someone did something quite stupid. That's why we have labels like: "Remove cap, before drinking." & "Open bag, before consuming."
LGsMom@Dtl A story and a large settlement.
Joe Uchill@Dtl I suppose the sticker was cheaper than installing a handle.
Simon Richter@Dtl this is missing a "Do not cover pressure relief breaking point with stickers" sticker on the side of the capacitor.
🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑@Dtl The next time I design anything with a large aluminum electrolytic capacitor, I am definitely going to put labels like that on them.
Dave Weinstein@Dtl "If not handle why handle-shaped?"
Papá Robot@Dtl or foot warmers
Chris Bohn
Dym Sohin@Dtl clearly rectifying a design flaw of not providing actual handle
> «dont tell me what to do, Cacy, you not my real handle»
Computeforloot 
jbr@Dtl That one might sting a lot if it discharges on ya.
Alexey Merz@Dtl But what could possibly go wrong?
Tallawk@Dtl
Every morning I read a safety rule from "The Book." The ones involving steam engines are always fun.
Once in a while I will remind my peeps that, "The rules are written in blood here. Every one of these has a story behind it."
Every morning I read a safety rule from "The Book." The ones involving steam engines are always fun.
Once in a while I will remind my peeps that, "The rules are written in blood here. Every one of these has a story behind it."
Griff Ferrell
Custard Smingleigh@Dtl @tjkendon
I used to be a Dell certified hardware repair guy, fifteen years ago. There used to be at least one 1U rack mount server model where the system board had a wire cage holding down a big capacitor in the middle of the board. After fielding so many RMAs for ripped off capacitors they decided it would be cheaper to MAKE the capacitor into a handle.
I used to be a Dell certified hardware repair guy, fifteen years ago. There used to be at least one 1U rack mount server model where the system board had a wire cage holding down a big capacitor in the middle of the board. After fielding so many RMAs for ripped off capacitors they decided it would be cheaper to MAKE the capacitor into a handle.
tjkendon@Smingleigh @Dtl my first thought when I read this was "The heart wants what it wants."
Kit Bashir@Dtl @ifixcoinops that looks like a mistake you can make only twice.
Martin Piper (he/him) 💙💛🌻💉
ripper@Dtl Well, you don't want to incapacitate the board.
DougN 
😷 
@Dtl yup. Because somebody did.
Q McCallum@Dtl That one story often leads to others:
"I'm sorry, you want us to print _what_ on a sticker? But why would ...? I mean, fine, here's the price tag and timeline, but ..."
James Green@Dtl What'll they charge you with?
I'll see myself out...
subtlepseudonym@Dtl If the capacitor can't briefly hold and later discharge some leverage, is it really worth having?
impossible ortolan
Logan Five (aka John)@Dtl I used to have a coworker who was in a competition with his friends to get warning labels put on things. For example, he would contact shampoo companies and say he ate their grape shampoo and then, bam, warning label not to eat the shampoo.
When I see things like this, I wonder how far his pranks have reached.
Alex Poe 
@Dtl written in blood :)
Bernard Tyers@Dtl That's excellent. If there was anything that shouldn't be used as a handle in a circuit board, i don't think you could choose anything worse than a cap!
DudeVotes
BlueDot🇺🇦@Dtl I used to work at Union Pacific Railroad. Got to see their vast locomotive repair facility one time.
The walls had huge safety signs. Each had a generic slogan like "Safety is everyone's job," and then a name and a date. Nobody needed to ask what happened to that guy on that date.
Callisto@Dtl I still really, really wish I'd saved the installation instructions from a piece of motorcycle luggage that reminded users not to attach it to the chain 🤦♂️
John Caveney woke is me🛠️
PeteWhen my dad was a young electrical engineer in the 1950s, he'd been wondering whether overhead power lines had capacitance, and had the opportunity to find out when, leaving the safety of his office, he went out on site where a line had been taken down out of service and laid on the ground in a field. He touched his hand to the line and got an enormous jolt. I imagine actually most of the charge had already been grounded, and he was lucky to survive.
Sharonbw stands with Minnesota@Dtl
My husband and I play a game called, “How stupid do you have to be to have caused this warning?!”
My husband and I play a game called, “How stupid do you have to be to have caused this warning?!”
Dawn Tåke 🏳️⚧️@Dtl
Reminds me of the phrase "OSHA rules are written in blood."
Reminds me of the phrase "OSHA rules are written in blood."
jujube@Dtl If you've ever heard the top of a large capacitor "pop" you'll respect capacitors from then on
europlus 
Hanno Rein@Dtl Bad UX design. People who know what a capacitor is don't need this label because they know it's a capacitor and not a handle. But it is also not useful for people who don't know what a capacitor is because they don't know what a capacitor looks like and thus don't know what not to use as a handle. Finally, reckless people who know what a capacitor is but still use it as a handle most certainly don't care about the label.
Shadow Heart@Dtl capacitors are always good for a laugh. 😈😈😈
Michael Porter@Dtl I came across this one recently – In this case, it's a story *someone else* tells somewhere...
@MichaelPorter that's pretty terrifying
@Dtl That's what I thought - chances are 50/50 I'd be inclined to play with that thing if the sign wasn't there...
Helical = |
⟩@Dtl 
<— me looking over at the legal forms I had to sign when buying chips from TI, which explicitly said I can’t build nuclear weapons with them
<— me looking over at the legal forms I had to sign when buying chips from TI, which explicitly said I can’t build nuclear weapons with them
Tisha Tiger / Neliger@Dtl Capacitors don't have to tell me what to... oops broken
Jacket@Dtl That sticker should not be legal. It's blocking the spot where the capacitor pops safely in case it becomes defect. If you block this it might pop by the bottom and release acid on the board.
@jacket That capacitor didn't have a scored in vent. I also doubt if that cap went pop that a bit of paper would stop it.
Colin