Re: Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! (was: Re: [OM] Bounce Grip 2 / motor drive question)

[gary edwards]

Jan, you are absolutely correct.  So, kids, do not try this at home.  A 100 
foot roll of zip cord is much cheaper than the doctor or mortician's 
bills...
Gary Edwards
(who is now suitably chagrined because he should have known better)


> From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! (was: Re: [OM] Bounce Grip 2 / 
> motor drive question)
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:28:58 -0700
>
> > From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > A while back, I wired up an SPST momentary switch to a pigtail with
> > a household
> > plug and a miniature phono plug to the other sex household plug...
> !!!
>
> > ...  One
> > of the amateur rocketeers failed to understand the basic
> > longitudinal stability
> > requirements for free rockets.  His did three complete loops before it hit 
> > the
> > ground...
> That's nothing compared to the excitement you'd generate if you (or
> more likely, some innocent bystander) plugged your Winder or switch
> into 117VAC:
>
> "One of the amateur electricians failed to understand why there are
> different, non-mating plugs on different things. He did three
> complete loops before he hit the ground..." :-)
>
> PLEASE, FOLKS! What Gary did was illustrative, BUT DANGEROUS! For
> much less the cost of a 50 foot electrical extension cord, you can
> buy 100 feet of speaker wire and the PROPER connectors (3/32" phone
> plug and jack) at Radio Shack!
>
> As to the Winder and switches, you should be able to use well over
> 100 feet of wire of almost any size, as the Winder only requires a
> few milliamps of current to trip -- the motor current does not flow
> through the switch; the switch only controls a solid-state switch
> (probably an FET) in the winder.
>
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> : 19280 Rydman Court, West Linn, OR 97068-1331 USA
> : +1.503.635.3229
>
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