Suddenly a loud bang from the lab at the local #hamradio club ‼️ 💥🤯

oz1lqo@techhub.social

Suddenly a loud bang from the lab at the local #hamradio club ️ 🤯

Luckily nothing happened to the people in there, but I guess it’s safe to say that this vintage capacitor decided to quit its job

Always wear safety glasses 🥽 when testing and troubleshooting #electronics, especially if it’s vintage gear where you have no knowledge of its state and health

#electronicsengineering #vintageelectronics #vintagerepair

kelvin0mql@mastodon.hams.social

@oz1lqo
Oh, MAN... that's some vintage shrapnel!

dennishoward@mstdn.social

@oz1lqo What a mess! Wow.

oz1lqo@techhub.social

@kelvin0mql oh yes Once we established that everyone was ok, and we’d cleared the smoke, I looked at the three guys: they were covered in it!

muhanga@mastodon.social

@oz1lqo Is this a paper or film capacitor?

wb2eee@mastodon.radio

@oz1lqo odds are that stuff is extremely toxic.

oz1lqo@techhub.social

@muhanga paper from the looks of it

ozeng@aus.social

@oz1lqo @Laukidh 400V cap? That would have been a spicy boom

croyle@wandering.shop

@oz1lqo Dayum!

w6kme@mastodon.radio

@oz1lqo As a lover of vintage radio gear, I like to think I DO know what condition it's in. If it has original caps, it's going to blow up. I never trust old caps.

I don't hold with the idea that they can be reconditioned or reformed or saved for originality. Electrolytics were never meant to last 50 years. Good that no one was hurt It will be a good opportunity to learn about replacing those old cigars

kelvin0mql@mastodon.hams.social

@oz1lqo
Sounds like a classic old cartoon.
LOL

moira@mastodon.murkworks.net

@oz1lqo

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woooooow

peterkratz@chaos.social

@WB2EEE @oz1lqo I can confirm that, old caps may be extremely dangerous due to PCB. Fortunately, many old electrolytic caps do not contain PCB. There are lists out there to check back.

ajft@aus.social

@oz1lqo mains-powered confetti generator!

ve2uwy@mastodon.radio

@oz1lqo

"I told you I was old and tired ... and I am a CONDENSER DAMMIT!"

oz1lqo@techhub.social

@ajft certainly was

winkleink@mastodon.social

@oz1lqo Not vintage but capacitor.
In my final days at a job I was working at my bench. One of the people being interviewed was being shown around and it was my station being shown.
Stopped testing and started chatting.
Then, BANG!
insulation all over the place. Core of capacitor shot from the board and hit my shoulder. Luckily missed my face. Not sure if the interviewee was impressed.
Electrolytic capacitors were fitting the wrong way around on the boards I was testing.

sobex@social.sciences.re

@oz1lqo @SharpLimefox well, luckily this did not happen during your exam ^^'

sharplimefox@eldritch.cafe

@Sobex @oz1lqo i love when components suddenly decide to stop acting as a delicate balance of physics and chemistry and then rapidly become one then the other...

thank fuck they don't have us touch hardware during the exam! i've blown enough capacitors during my uni labs already

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Suddenly a loud bang from the lab at the local #hamradio club ‼️ 💥🤯