Resistors who spend a lot of time camping/hiking, what’s your strangest experience out there?
Posted Jul 27, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC
Posted Jul 27, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC
This one time, I ended up in a box with a bunch of capacitors. Can you believe that? Who mistakes a 330Ω resistor for a capacitor?
Pfft, noobs
So I was sitting here minding my own business. Mind you, I'm accustomed to being cooped up inside with a cover over my head. Out of nowhere I see this huge metal pole scraping along the ground held aloft by something up above. I could look up, because my neck is way too stiff. So I just watch the metal rod for seemingly minutes dragging back and forth.
And of course, as fear would have it, it starts coming directly towards me. I'm frozen in place scared out of my mind. Flight or fight instinct finally snaps me out of it, but I'm stuck in place my legs can't move. Closer and closer the metal rod gets. I close my mind and begin to meditate, "ohmmmm" ready to meet my end. It stops right beside me touching my left leg. I can feel a surge of energy rush through my entire body. What's happning? Is this the end of the line?
No, I'm still here. But what is going on and why is this metal rod touching me? As quickly as it had begun, it was over. The metal abomination had moved on to its next target. My life has returned to normal, but I will never forget that day.
And that is my story as a resistor and the day I was touched by a voltmeter probe.
well, i am no resistor, to reply, but i have no stories either so...