One important lesson I learned about electronics.
When I began college back in 1983 working on my Bachelors and then shortly later on my Masters in Electronics and Computer Science we had an old radio communications officer out of the military that was our teacher and/or instructor.
The very first lesson we learned from him was when you're working on electronic equipment always wear a good pair of rubber soled insulated shoes and never put one hand on the metal chassis while you're working with the other hand inside the chassis. Always keep one hand behind your back while you're working with the other hand inside the chassis.
I remember a few times when we were working on electronic equipment he would catch a few students doing exactly what he told them not to do and he walked up and slapped them up beside the forehead saying "Get your hands off that chassis !!!!
Believe me, after you have been bitten a few times by high-voltage you understand clearly what that old communications military officer meant and you understood why. lol
When I began college back in 1983 working on my Bachelors and then shortly later on my Masters in Electronics and Computer Science we had an old radio communications officer out of the military that was our teacher and/or instructor.
The very first lesson we learned from him was when you're working on electronic equipment always wear a good pair of rubber soled insulated shoes and never put one hand on the metal chassis while you're working with the other hand inside the chassis. Always keep one hand behind your back while you're working with the other hand inside the chassis.
I remember a few times when we were working on electronic equipment he would catch a few students doing exactly what he told them not to do and he walked up and slapped them up beside the forehead saying "Get your hands off that chassis !!!!
Believe me, after you have been bitten a few times by high-voltage you understand clearly what that old communications military officer meant and you understood why. lol
