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How many of us look under the hood??

I usually am curious about inner workings of something that I bought. I look cumpulsiveley only when when it fails or does soimething else that is unpleasant
I don't look inside my gear at anytime now as I can't even solder.
The only exception is for speakers. Why I pick speakers is beyond me. I know there is nobody singing and playing their hearts out. I think that actually know somthing about speakers.This is patenley false, not true of course, but I can't help not looking any at some point if possible.
How about you?
mechans
trelja
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Doctor (Mechans), don't every forget that when we met that day with Michael (Sufentanil) I told you to run, not walk, away from this hobby...
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jafant
19,718 posts
 
Always!
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abucktwoeighty
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You have to be real careful poking around in there. Back in '76 I was tuning a filter in a receiver and got a little too close to a couple hundred volts. Next thing I know I'm sitting against the wall on the floor six feet away. Still don't remember the short trip there, but remember the confusion I had before I started to regain my senses.
dazzdax
599 posts
 
Abuck: you should always disconnect the unit from AC line first :)

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abucktwoeighty
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Dazzdax, I had to have the unit powered up in order to do the operations I was performing. Had been doing these for quite some time, and I guess I got a little careless. They were becoming routine, and I got what I deserved for not paying attention.
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