Re: [Elecraft] Yet another on the "stupid" thread

2006-01-03 Thread Rob Locher
When I was about seven, I read books at night when I was supposed to be sleeping, by the light of a night-light. The problem was that the night-light wasn't very bright. So what did I do? I attached the night-light to an extension power cord, and held one end of the extension cord with m

Re: [Elecraft] Yet another on the "stupid" thread

2006-01-03 Thread W2AGN
Chuck Mabbott wrote: OK, my daughter was going to replace the switch cover in her room. Next thing we heard the pop of a fuse blowing and she jumped... Ask her what happened and she said a spark jumped and the lights went out. I told her you can't do that with power on and "Don't be sill

[Elecraft] Yet another on the "stupid" thread

2006-01-03 Thread Chuck Mabbott
OK, my daughter was going to replace the switch cover in her room. Next thing we heard the pop of a fuse blowing and she jumped... Ask her what happened and she said a spark jumped and the lights went out. I told her you can't do that with power on and "Don't be silly dad, I turned the sw