Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012, 13:03:15 schrieb Michael Mol: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Paul Hartman > > > > <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > >>> Yes, I have blown a UART chip by hotplugging a serial cable, because I'd > >>> got away with it before. > >> > >> The strangest thing I fried via hotplug was an Ethernet card via cat5 > >> cable insertion! It made a little electrical "pop" sound and that was > >> the end of that. > >> > >> Actually, I nearly fried myself once when hotplugging coaxial cable TV > >> wire into my television while everything was powered on. The shock > >> launched me -- caused me to launch myself, probably -- up into the air > >> and against a door, fully upright, from a seated position on the > >> floor. In case anyone is concerned: the TV was unharmed. :) > > > > These weren't at the same locale, were they? That sounds like really > > electrical ground. > > *like a really bad electrical ground. (htf?)
na, it's fine. He grounded the equipment through his body well. Always remember: humans are replaceable. A kick ass TV is not. -- #163933
