Re: gEDA-user: lost newbie

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 7, 2006, at 12:01 AM, Bert Douglas wrote:
> I remember once I was repairing a line printer.  This was not like the
> typical desktop printer of today.  It was big, and heavy, and noisy.  
> It
> stood on the floor and was about as tall as a person.  I was 
> investigating
> why one of the hammers was not firing.  My memory is unclear about what
> happened right before the explosion.  People said it sounded like a 
> shotgun
> from down the hall.  The whole room was filled with horrid tasting 
> smoke.
> And one of the large electrolytic capacitors about the size of a can 
> of coke
> had pretty much disappeared.  Well not exactly.  It took me an hour to
> vacuum the mess out of the inside of the printer.

  It's amusing when big paper electrolytics blow.  I've seen one blow a 
long streamer straight up in the air like a "party popper".  And yes 
that stuff sure does stink!

            -Dave

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