---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 06/14/12: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:43 AM - Re: Re: Shocking experience. (Bill Geipel) 2. 07:36 AM - Re: Re: Shocking experience. (Roger Kemp M.D.) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:43:01 AM PST US Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Shocking experience. From: Bill Geipel I'm slow. Bill On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:58 PM, "Roger Kemp M.D." wro te: > Misspelled on purpose. > Doc > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Bill Geipel wrote: > >> Oedipus complex? Certainly not. ( I hope) >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:43 PM, "Roger Kemp M.D." w rote: >> >>> Ediphus complex? Glad you are okay! Gotta watch what you put in your mou th! >>> Doc >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Barry Hancock wrote: >>> >>>> Well...now that you are OK, that is DANG funny! LOL! >>>> >>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:30 PM, cjpilot710@aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rather shocking experience today. I was repairing a cannon plug off t he temperature bulb, on the oil "out" fitting. I had been having trouble wi th the oil temperature reading on the gauge. When I would select the gauge f or the "out" reading, I found the needle would peg out. On advice from Doug Sapp I checked the cannon plug and sure enough found a broken wire. Since t he wire had broken out the solder lug of the plug I needed to completely dis assemble and rebuild the plug. >>>>> >>>>> While slaughtering the new wire into into the old lug. I momentarily p ut the handle of the soldering iron in my mouth to use my free hand to make a n adjustment. Four or 5 seconds later, I felt like someone hit me in the mo uth and I saw a flash of light in both my eyes. That sure got my attention! While I did not drop the soldering iron, I did remove it from my mouth and tried to figure what happened. What I found is the picture below. >>>>> >>>>> Lesson learned here? I've had this soldering iron for years. It is m y favorite when it comes to electrical work. It is the type I was originall y trained to use years ago as a missile repairman in the Army. However you c an see that age has caused insulation to crack across the whole wire. Thus j ust a little moisture from my mouth cause it to give me a good shock. Fortu nately (and I do mean fortunately) I didn't get a whole 115 V. No burns on m y lips or in my mouth but it did smart a little. And I believe the bright f lash I saw was just a few electrical protons- from the wire -through my eyes - to my brain. Anyway I went out and bought a brand-new soldering iron whic h I plan to keep out of my mouth. And I hope y'all will take a good look at the wiring on your older electrical tools. We tend to take them for grante d. (Now if I could just get my eyes uncrossed). ;>p >>>>> >>>>> Jim "Pappy" Goolsby >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> ist"">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Yak-List >> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> //forums.matronics.com >> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> ot;">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:36:06 AM PST US Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Shocking experience. From: "Roger Kemp M.D." I figured "Etapus Complex" would have been to fighter pilot direct. Maybe no t?? Coming from a guy who occasionally sported the fltgyny TDY name tag. Doc Sent from my iPad On Jun 14, 2012, at 6:40 AM, Bill Geipel wrote: > I'm slow. > > Bill > > > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:58 PM, "Roger Kemp M.D." w rote: > >> Misspelled on purpose. >> Doc >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Bill Geipel wrote: >> >>> Oedipus complex? Certainly not. ( I hope) >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:43 PM, "Roger Kemp M.D." wrote: >>> >>>> Ediphus complex? Glad you are okay! Gotta watch what you put in your mo uth! >>>> Doc >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Barry Hancock wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well...now that you are OK, that is DANG funny! LOL! >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:30 PM, cjpilot710@aol.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Rather shocking experience today. I was repairing a cannon plug off t he temperature bulb, on the oil "out" fitting. I had been having trouble wi th the oil temperature reading on the gauge. When I would select the gauge f or the "out" reading, I found the needle would peg out. On advice from Doug Sapp I checked the cannon plug and sure enough found a broken wire. Since t he wire had broken out the solder lug of the plug I needed to completely dis assemble and rebuild the plug. >>>>>> >>>>>> While slaughtering the new wire into into the old lug. I momentarily put the handle of the soldering iron in my mouth to use my free hand to mak e an adjustment. Four or 5 seconds later, I felt like someone hit me in the mouth and I saw a flash of light in both my eyes. That sure got my attenti on! While I did not drop the soldering iron, I did remove it from my mouth a nd tried to figure what happened. What I found is the picture below. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lesson learned here? I've had this soldering iron for years. It is m y favorite when it comes to electrical work. It is the type I was originall y trained to use years ago as a missile repairman in the Army. However you c an see that age has caused insulation to crack across the whole wire. Thus j ust a little moisture from my mouth cause it to give me a good shock. Fortu nately (and I do mean fortunately) I didn't get a whole 115 V. No burns on m y lips or in my mouth but it did smart a little. And I believe the bright f lash I saw was just a few electrical protons- from the wire -through my eyes - to my brain. Anyway I went out and bought a brand-new soldering iron whic h I plan to keep out of my mouth. And I hope y'all will take a good look at the wiring on your older electrical tools. We tend to take them for grante d. (Now if I could just get my eyes uncrossed). ;>p >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim "Pappy" Goolsby >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> ist"">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Yak-List >>> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> //forums.matronics.com >>> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> ot;">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >>> D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3 D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>> >> >> >> ========================= ========= >> //www.matronics.com/Navigator?Yak-List >> ========================= ========= >> cs.com >> ========================= ========= >> matronics.com/contribution >> ========================= ========= >> > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.