Risk of electrical shock

guest1 · Post by **guest1** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:43 am

The PS2 says, "Do not open-risk of electrical shock" on it. May someone post pics of the inside of PS2 and point out the dangers? Thank you in advance.

makuraken · Post by **makuraken** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:02 am

Ever plugged in your PS2? About the same amount of risk involved in that action and when you look at it. You should know to unplug anything BEFORE you tear it open. Unplug it, wait about 30sec, then by all means open that sucker up. Do not tamper with anything unless it is unplugged Short and sweet: Unplug, then work

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:28 am

Just be careful around the power supply and its transformer...

That can still give a mean zap ( nothing that should be dangerous though )

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:06 am

Stick your tongue on the main capacitor while its on and running... I dare you! I've done it...

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:21 am

riva16 wrote:Stick your tongue on the main capacitor while its on and running... I dare you! I've done it...

You're stupid!

Post by **Sparkfist** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:25 am

Riva16 thats about as smart as taking a piece of metal and sticking it in the cathod on a tv.

I will say this dont hold the power supply by the bottem if its turned on. I did this once with my PSX running and it felt like my finger tips were being poked my hundreds of neddles.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:48 am

riva16 wrote:Stick your tongue on the main capacitor while its on and running... I dare you! I've done it...

Thas some good advice right there, you are gonna go far in portablizing. [size=0]if you don't kill yourself first[/size]I can tell

Unidentified Assilant · Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:09 pm

Thats about as smart as using a paint stripper gun as a hairdryer

Post by **gannon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:38 pm

Sparkfist wrote: I will say this dont hold the power supply by the bottem if its turned on. I did this once with my PSX running and it felt like my finger tips were being poked my hundreds of neddles.

I did that too, but I had a pretty good grasp on it and my whole arm turned numb and started to shake

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:53 pm

I touched power comming out of the wall when I was making a strobe light.

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:01 pm

I was working on the ps2 once and I set it outside the case on top of my VCR to test it and now there is a singe on the vcr and I had to replace a fuse

vcr cases are metal duh from now on I always have the bottom half of the case on when I plug it in

this-is-me · Post by **this-is-me** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:50 pm

I was testing my dismantled psone screen one time while I had sweaty palms. I saw a flash and felt a stinging sensation on my finger and was left with a small burnt spot about the size of the end of a ballpoint pen.

Xlent · Post by **Xlent** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:06 pm

i once accidently touched an electrical outlet thats cover was coming off, and my arm also went numb and limp...scary stuff

Cyberblade · Post by **Cyberblade** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:41 pm

So far, I've yet to shock myself, only burn myself with solder that landed where it need not have landed. ;P

Nes Man · Post by **Nes Man** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:37 pm

Ouch