>Alan B. Pearce escreveu:
>  > Graduate fresh from university decides he needs to measure the source
>>  impedance of the mains supply, so puts Avo 8 Multimeter on 'Ohms' range, and
>>  plugs probes into mains socket. Proceeds to wonder why there is an almighty
>>  bang inside his nice new meter, that no longer works, and is a write off.
>>
>  > Told to me by someone who witnessed the event happen ...

Several ex-military techs I know said that a common hazing experience 
for the newbies was to give them a box of crystals to "test", the 
tester was a small box with terminals connected directed to 120 VAC 
:-)

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Black Cat Systems
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