yes except this happened this morning....charged high voltage caps have the energy of a small firearm..
Scared the he11 out of my kids and dog..
and it was running so nicely...please don't ask how it happened..
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Scared the he11 out of my kids and dog..
and it was running so nicely...please don't ask how it happened..
How the hell did that happen?!yes except this happened this morning....charged high voltage caps have the energy of a small firearm..
Scared the he11 out of my kids and dog..
and it was running so nicely...please don't ask how it happened..
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The original "For Dummies" book. Aimed at me I guess.
I recall seeing an Episode of Top Gear with Jamie Oliver. He sat in the back of his type 2 (in which he has a Porsche engine pulled from a 911 IIRC) and tried to prepare a salad while the Stig took it for a lap of the track.
Oh yeah, here it is:
With the Black Stig (Perry McCarthy) before he died in a Jaguar related aircraft carrier accident and replaced by the White Stig (Ben Collins)
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Since seeing that, I have had the desire to create my own Porsche powered type 2.
Don't put the electrolytic capacitors in backwards...yes except this happened this morning....charged high voltage caps have the energy of a small firearm..
Scared the he11 out of my kids and dog..
and it was running so nicely...please don't ask how it happened..
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Used to love exploding the caps in electronics. The bigger the cap (physically) the bigger the bang, but also the longer it took. There was an optimization between speed and volume.that would have required work..
Took the words right outta my mouth!
well in this case...500 Volts at 470uFd = 58 Joules! the energy required to move 58 kg a distance of 1 meter in one sec....
not pretty..
Its awesome how you know the math instead of just saying “there’s a lot of energy”
Moving 58 kg a distance of 1 METRE in one second is a lot!
What is that in pecks, furlongs and degrees Fahrenheit or what ever units Americans use?
Details, details.My Bug also doesn't have seat belts... has floors but no roof.... and the passenger door doesn't always like to stay closed
1957 original paint and interior. Have everything to make it 95% original, including engine and wheels.
That's a cool ride.
So I just got hit with a Kaley Cucoo Priceline video ad here on TB. Way ok by me.
And probably never driven in snow, either.
notice I used metric just for you..What is that in pecks, furlongs and degrees Fahrenheit or what ever units Americans use?
Definitely not.And probably never driven in snow, either.
And it was always a Canadian car!!
