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Give me a medal ?
Feb 25, 2023 5:44 AM
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Give me a medal ?
goldensky
I have literally done this in college. XD In analog lab.
ToneyLoo
"I'm an electronic component, Greg, can I emit light?"
LebistusReticulatis
If you overcharge a led you can let it light a couple of time. Just keep increasing the voltage
ChloeRed
Next up, Big Clive's exploding resistor roulette...
gonetothebirds
tubes and a tube tester. how old are you?
moosemaimer
if you're excited about the magic blue smoke, you'll be way less amused by the magic green flashbang
reinerdefender
Mahahahahahah yes I love it ... used to have a lot of fun as a kid plugging 1/4 or 1/8W Rs into the mains.
reinerdefender
My craziest feat was a 10000uF 150V or so electrolytic (back then the size of a coke can) into the 220V mains. THE FIREWORKS! THE STINKS!!
CarlCopplepot
teacher once intentionally blww up a cap under a basket, shrapnels got stuck in the basket pointing in the direction of the front row pupils
SimSimSimsalabim
I see your LER and raise you another LER (light emitting rivet) on casing of our water boiler. It almost burned our apartment down.
SpqrMcmlxxxvi
The new liquid board form factor looks neat too.
ArcanisTheOmnipotent
The trick is getting it to light up long enough to take the picture but not long enough to start a fire.
WinterPhoenix
Magical blue smoke make electronics go brrrr
turqfreeq
So Hot right now
glowingpotato
to be fair, some lights are not in the visible spectrum
3Davideo
That's how incandescent lightbulbs work!
cuddleskunk
Resistance is futile...
Idontevenwanttosignupjustletmelurk
I can smell the magic smoke
slidewhistlesymphony
Fuck TikTok. That is all.
LifeIsADanceOfMinds
Often at work we have LEDs turn into FED/SEDs.... (Fire Emitting Device / Smoke Emitting Device) .
AtsaMattaForMe
wiggadewah
Dang it. I was looking for this gif the other day but could only find the longer one with the " ..just once" added. Stealing and upvoting.
AtsaMattaForMe
Blackfinity
The light emitting wheel bearing:
UNHchabo
Google "james davison indy 500" -- in 2020 Davison had a wheel bearing and/or brake rotor explode mid-race.
BlindGardener
Someone done fucked up brother.
Aceman56
I mean... it is doing its job. It's ~*Resisting*~
Masaya51
Shadow3265
*bang**bang**bang**bang**bang*
GrumpyOldMillennial
Technically, incandescent light bulbs are just resistors.
Matsuuu
And heaters, tho even powerful one's glow is kind of weak.
Importaku
Grimmrog
My time to shine - Resistor probably
enterusernamehere25
SirBobby98121
I remember the smell.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Anyone who had one of these as a kid learned a great many things about making things glow that shouldn't.
kerrigan778
Those things were FIRE
CaptainKipup
Stop resisting! STOP RESISTING!
amp99
Also the LEN (Light Emitting Nut), which can steal your sunshine.
Roshumon
Ooh that looks nice and lethal
michiyl
Doubles as a warning light, I guess.
RexNihil
Take my upvote, you ass. Now I gotta listen to that fucking song. *grumbles*
Mmbear
Im sure most of these pictures are fake but every time i see them i ask myself how has no breaker tripped or fuse blown.
amp99
Kenbamazingbutprobablywontbe
Capacitors are mostly shrapnel emitting :/
wadenelson1
Why do you think they're called blasting caps?
LetThemEatPie
Matter is just slow moving light
rbudrick
Is it proven all fundamental particles are strictly made of photons?
Mooki
We call those "audible alert capacitors". On some the audible alert is the sound of something hitting the ceiling when your circuit dies.
MrSnuffleupagus172
Then you spend the next 2 hrs wandering around your house trying to find out where that mysterious popping sound and strange smell came from
Mooki
Tantalum capacitors are great for removing themselves from circuit boards by force.
HaveANiceFace
Yeah and when they fail, they short. Very bad for decoupling.
CnerdRun
Every machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough
ADDkiD
https://i.imgur.com/NP3VOmx.null
NovemberIndiaCharlieKilo
"except a smoke machine". -Joke I heard somewhere.
Einstein9073
No, most machines you have to use extremely poorly to get the smoke to come out. Smoke machines will smoke they're working correctly, or ?☠
usernamesarenotcomments
I'm dubious if I would have the skills (or lack thereof) to make a gramophone into a smoke machine
WizardofAnus
Hey, what's with all this self doubt. There's a motor in there. Just gotta plug it into 220v. Smoke will come out real quick.
usernamesarenotcomments
I was thinking about those hand cranked ones. Made a point to differentiate from LP players so that it would not be an electronic device
usernamesarenotcomments
But thank you for your kind words and belief in me.
WizardofAnus
AHHH, okay. Then step one is to grab your electric drill...
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
I hate when I accidentally release The magic smoke that makes electronics work.
alohaskywalker
Magic smoke is what the angry pixies use to travel through the tube to make the rocks talk. Prove me wrong.
Alurkerforcedtologin
The trick is to quickly inhale all the magic smoke to give yourself magic powers briefly.
ImCommanderShepardandthisismyfavoritepostonthefrontpage
As an electronics technician, me too.
Mechwarrior719
It’s even worse because once you let the magic smoke out it’s impossible to put it back.
certainlynotaserialkiller
Just get a bottle of Lucas 54953043 to replace the smoke
FrogBotherer
I suppose incandescent light bulbs are also LERs.
florpglorp
People actually use lightbulbs as resistors when building oscillators.
HenryLongfellowIII
Weiners do that.
florpglorp
Are you an electrical engineering professor or something. No way a normal human being would come up with something that corny.
Johnsky
Welp, I don't need my FLIR camera to find the problem on this board.
HobbiesAndOtherItems
I laughed pretty heartily at your comment, upvote for you!
endfreq
Do they actually work
Johnsky
Whoo yeah. FLIR cameras even come in some phones now. It has made some of my diags mere seconds to find the problem component.
The701
Yes, generally. They are good at seeing small temperature differences, possibly less than 1 degree F/C. Some things they aren't good
The701
for: Bare metals. A lot of metals, especially copper, are IR reflectors, so if you point a thermal camera at one, you'll mostly be measuring
The701
the temperature of what's behind you, like pointing a regular camera at a mirror. And if you're trying to troubleshoot a circuitboard, it'll
SkyRatBeam
Dutch's mud must've been a copper deposit.
The701
only help you find problems that are bad enough to make something get warm. Plenty of electronics fail in other ways. But yes, they do