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01/15/2005 11:07:27 AM · #26 |
i had a customer call once, and say they think something is wrong with their hot tub. i asked what the issues were. she told me that her kids said they felt tingly when in the tub.
i told her it's a good thing they weren't grounded - she asked what i meant... i said call an electrician, and don't let them back in it. ;} true story. it is possibly is was simply the 12V DC light - in which case not too big a deal. but...
240V AC - 50A circuit...
Originally posted by e301:
No you don't have to be a certified electrician - but anytime you're dealing with electricity it helps to know what's going on, don't you think? It's one of the most dangerous things we use on a daily basis - it can kill you, it can start fires etc. - and the level of lack of knowledge about it generally is frightening.
It's really quite simple to grasp tha basics, and enough to keep you out of trouble.
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01/15/2005 11:50:29 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Yeah, the 20D is safe to 250V since they switched to a semiconductor switch. Most of the Pro EOS film cameras are also 250V sync. |
Really? Okay, yet another reason to upgrade my 10D. Of course, I'm trying to get my wife to let me buy a 1Ds-MkII so I'll be keeping my 10D for quite a while.
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
It was bad because you could also plug your camera's sync connector directly into the electrical socket in the wall (definitely NOT a recommended procedure). |
That might make a nice flash... once. |
Yeah, another exciting feature of some older strobe packs was if you tried disconnecting or reconnecting the heads to the pack without powering off and discharging the flash circuit, you could inadvertently trigger the flash circuit, only the flash circuit is not quite connected, there's an air gap of an inch or so and the connector is in your hand. There's plenty of power to create a nice flash of lightning across that air gap. Makes for some nice sparks, some smoke, a burned out connector or two and several curse words. Sometimes the cleanup involved a change of underpants too.
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01/15/2005 12:23:52 PM · #28 |
There are unexpected hazards associated with photography and this example of two fine cameras destroyed is illustrative.
45 years ago (however did I get so old!) I had an unhappy accident using a Graflex Speed Graphic. I neglected to reset the shutter before inserting a new Press 25 flashbulb into the flash attachment. Took weeks for my hand to heal from the severe burns when the flashbulb went off.
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01/15/2005 12:39:20 PM · #29 |
| One time, when I was 7, I inserted a metal spatula in the the heat coils of our oven. I let them get nice and red first. What a surprise! The spatula had a wood handle so I didn't die. My mother couldn't figure out what happened to her nice oven and supper was a little late that night. To this day I've never told her what I did. |
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01/15/2005 12:50:59 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
I just think that camera *equipment*, and cameras, should have a standard, and that everything should be able to plug into everything else and just.. work. |
Apple doesn't make cameras. :-P |
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01/15/2005 12:55:51 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Artyste:
I just think that camera *equipment*, and cameras, should have a standard, and that everything should be able to plug into everything else and just.. work. |
Apple doesn't make cameras. :-P |
Ahem...not yet... ;)
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01/15/2005 01:14:02 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by soup:
i had a customer call once, and say they think something is wrong with their hot tub. i asked what the issues were. she told me that her kids said they felt tingly when in the tub.
i told her it's a good thing they weren't grounded - she asked what i meant... i said call an electrician, and don't let them back in it. ;} true story. it is possibly is was simply the 12V DC light - in which case not too big a deal. but...
240V AC - 50A circuit...
Originally posted by e301:
No you don't have to be a certified electrician - but anytime you're dealing with electricity it helps to know what's going on, don't you think? It's one of the most dangerous things we use on a daily basis - it can kill you, it can start fires etc. - and the level of lack of knowledge about it generally is frightening.
It's really quite simple to grasp tha basics, and enough to keep you out of trouble.
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AT a boy soup , you are right , I'm an electrican , there is no second chances with an electrical curcuit , wiring is no hobby , leave it to the pro's |
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01/15/2005 01:15:02 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Artyste:
I just think that camera *equipment*, and cameras, should have a standard, and that everything should be able to plug into everything else and just.. work. |
Apple doesn't make cameras. :-P |
not yet shannon |
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01/15/2005 01:17:21 PM · #34 |
well i wired ours myself. but had a licensed electrician check my work.
all to code ;}
even made my own 8 gauge wire...
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01/15/2005 01:26:14 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by soup:
...her kids said they felt tingly when in the tub. |
Hmm... kids in a tub of hot water wired to a hot 50 amp circuit. Yep, that's soup! ;-) |
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01/15/2005 01:40:13 PM · #36 |
I was trying to see why an electric gate wasn't working and hit the reset switch inside. The electrican had left exposed live wires, one of them touched another (or the metal box not really sure) and I was literally thrown backward. Good thing too the whole inside of the metal box had flash burn scorch marks afterwards. Pretty scary.
Message edited by author 2005-01-15 13:41:01. |
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01/15/2005 01:58:48 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by C-Fox:
I was literally thrown backward. Good thing too the whole inside of the metal box had flash burn scorch marks afterwards. Pretty scary. |
That explains your profile pic. ;-)
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01/15/2005 01:58:51 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
Originally posted by e301:
No you don't have to be a certified electrician - but anytime you're dealing with electricity it helps to know what's going on, don't you think? It's one of the most dangerous things we use on a daily basis - it can kill you, it can start fires etc. - and the level of lack of knowledge about it generally is frightening.
It's really quite simple to grasp tha basics, and enough to keep you out of trouble.
Ed |
I hate knowing what's going on.. I get into more trouble knowing than not.
I've managed to survive 31 years without having the slightest clue what can happen if I stick my tongue in a socket, and that's good enough for me! :) I just think that camera *equipment*, and cameras, should have a standard, and that everything should be able to plug into everything else and just.. work.
Is that so wrong? |
I completely agree...53 years without the slightest clue about anything!!
Message edited by author 2005-01-15 14:00:29. |
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01/15/2005 06:27:04 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
I just think that camera *equipment*, and cameras, should have a standard, and that everything should be able to plug into everything else and just.. work.
Is that so wrong? |
With camera gear that wont be a problem if you buy all the gear from the same place, and specify what you want it to work with...
The problems we're talking about here are basically the results of mixing different generations of equipment. Older flashes/strobes commonly used very high (up to 200V) voltages for their 'control' circuits. 'Current' gear mostly uses lower voltages, although there are some exceptions.
If you buy all your gear new, and specify what you want it to work with you'll only have to worry about pointing the lights in the right direction, setting their output power, and pushing the shutter at the right time...
Cheers, Chris H.
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01/15/2005 10:17:54 PM · #40 |
You can run studio flash units off the Finepix 7000 with a hotshoe/pc unit cost about $20NZ uscuse thisc system myself with absolutely no prolems. I run my Dynax800si of the pc connecter also no problems.Originally posted by Artyste:
Why is it.. that everytime I find something I love to do.. I find out that you have to pretty much become an expert tradesman in something I *DESPISE* doing, in order to do it?
Now I'd have to be a certified electrician just to have a studio set-up!? ARRGGHH!!
That's it.. I'm curling up in bed and saying screw the world. |
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02/03/2005 01:00:01 AM · #41 |
| yes thank you all for your lettres of concernings. I am now saving agains for more money and another new kind of camera by canon 20d probably if i wait long or good deal on another 10d if i cannot waiting for the time being present! there was question about lighting and power pack and the oddity is that because he had using his camera with his lighting packs now for maybe over 3 years with both his non-technical digital cameras and his digital camera 20d and he never having a problems like this type of course so it is most scary because he is not certain when it can happening again like the same moment before. he is saving again too for camera but using his 35mm film camera now with lights. too scary for me maybe will just use wireless tripping from now on since prices are coming straight down very nicely and good timing yes? |
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02/03/2005 01:03:44 AM · #42 |
Originally posted by Photobabble:
I am now saving agains for more money and another new kind of camera by canon 20d probably if i wait long or good deal on another 10d if i cannot waiting for the time being present! |
Hope you get one soon and good luck.
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