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09-25-2014, 08:38 PM
My first tube amp (Soviet miniatures, ECC83, EL84 etc equivalents), I made it using fiberglass laminate PCB I etched myself, assembled it, plugged it in, started working on it and got zapped. 250VDC.

Somehow (and prior to it I was zapped by AC, 220V, numerous times) I felt DC was much more painful.
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Zzzzap! Ow! - by Jayce - 09-25-2014, 12:31 AM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Arran - 09-25-2014, 01:01 AM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Jayce - 09-25-2014, 01:06 AM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by morzh - 09-25-2014, 11:00 AM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Jayce - 09-25-2014, 01:54 PM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by 462ron - 09-25-2014, 08:29 PM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by morzh - 09-25-2014, 08:38 PM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Arran - 09-25-2014, 09:38 PM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Jayce - 09-25-2014, 11:31 PM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Arran - 09-26-2014, 12:48 AM
RE: Zzzzap! Ow! - by Joe Rossi - 09-27-2014, 11:09 AM



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