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Title: use a fuse!!!
Post by: DummyLoad on July 05, 2011, 10:21:09 am

lol! 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/pmitchel/use-a-fuse.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y11/pmitchel/use-a-fuse.jpg)

--DL

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Platefire on July 05, 2011, 11:25:01 am

I'd sat PT's has gone up since that sign was made. Platefire

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: thermion on August 17, 2011, 03:16:01 pm

I've heard a .22 long round works real nice in a pinch...POW!

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Ritchie200 on August 17, 2011, 07:55:03 pm

Quote from: thermion on August 17, 2011, 03:16:01 pm

I've heard a .22 long round works real nice in a pinch...POW!

Don't laugh, that was my product line and we were sued.  Sometimes those Darwin Awards are actually true.

Jim

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Shrapnel on August 18, 2011, 01:22:42 am

Quote from: thermion on August 17, 2011, 03:16:01 pm

I've heard a .22 long round works real nice in a pinch...POW!

I saw an episode of Mythbusters where they did a substitution of a live bullet for a fuse in a car... then created a short to see if it would set the bullet off. Wiring melted down and the bullet didn't go off. Then again, higher voltage and higher current, just might create what a car electrical system couldn't.

I personally will pass on that test outside of lab conditions.  :think1:

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: G._Hoffman on August 18, 2011, 02:06:29 pm

Quote from: Ritchie200 on August 17, 2011, 07:55:03 pm

Sometimes those Darwin Awards are actually true.

ALL actual Darwin Awards are true and verified.  Now, there are a lot of urban legends which are put up as contenders, but if Darwin can't verify them, they are rejected before they can even contend. 


Gabriel

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: sluckey on August 18, 2011, 03:25:22 pm

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Now, there are a lot of urban legends

Yes. And as much as I love this story, it just an urban legend. In fact, "Incorrectly attributed to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 25 July 1996. The Gazette issued a decisive statement denouncing this story as a hoax on October 17, 1997."

Everyone who can read, should read the Darwin Awards annually. It's really uplifting if you're feeling down.

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Ritchie200 on August 18, 2011, 07:36:13 pm

Different case.  Ours was an in-line fuse holder to a big thumper stereo. I saw the paperwork.  Don't make me go into my lawyer rant again....  Oh well, now they can go sue Chine - yeah right.  And we wonder why.... :dontknow:

Jim

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Frankenamp on August 18, 2011, 11:10:13 pm

Hey Ritchie...I can get you good price on some sheetrock!

Title: Re: use a fuse!!!
Post by: Ritchie200 on August 19, 2011, 02:33:21 am

That's ok, I like my copper...stuff - and my lungs. :icon_biggrin:
Jim