Car Seat Fail

[Paddy Duncan]

Hi All,

Apart from it being unlabelled and un-mentioned on the list, leaving a metal-bottomed car seat balanced on 4 batteries that give 800A when shorted is pretty spectacular. Apologies for not foreseeing every possible eventuality and labelling accordingly; I shall now go and do so, starting with 'do not inflate yourself with argon via the arsehole'. Perhaps someone would like to volunteer to act in the associated instructional video.

By comparison, the red gloss paint splattered around the workshop sink area and dumped in the sink, pales significantly.

Paddy

[David Murphy]

jesus, did it catch fire or was it caught at the sparking stage? anything/one else damaged?

[Simon Howes]

Paddy I'm glad to hear you finally got that spot-welder you wanted.
Good for things like automotive body repair

[Monty]

- No Do Not Hack sticker
- No mailing list announcement
- Left some where unsafe

Lob it in the skip.

[Martin Klang]

On 9 Aug 2012, at 10:45, Monty wrote:

> Lob it in the skip.

what's left of it perhaps -
photos please!

oh and we haven't got a skip.

/m

[Paddy Duncan]

Luckily it did not connect.
I'm half tempted to sacrifice a battery to the cause though...

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[Sam Kelly]

Take the pile out into the car park and ritually sacrifice it to YouTube.

--
Sam Kelly, http://www.eithin.co.uk/

That's it. We're not messing around anymore, we're buying a bigger
dictionary. - Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang.

[Billy]

Sorry about this.

It was my fault.

Sol requested chairs and i wombled the car seat for him.

i set it on the batteries, as they were also for him and it was a
convenient place to put them.

If it wasn't safe then my apologies.

That said, if the battery's are in that much danger, then shouldn't
they be covered anyway?

On Aug 9, 11:24 am, Sam Kelly <s...@eithin.co.uk> wrote:
> Take the pile out into the car park and ritually sacrifice it to YouTube.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Paddy Duncan <pad...@padski.co.uk> wrote:
> > Luckily it did not connect.
> > I'm half tempted to sacrifice a battery to the cause though...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: london-h...@googlegroups.com
> > [mailto:london-h...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Klang
> > Sent: 09 August 2012 10:58
> > To: london-h...@googlegroups.com
> > Cc: pad...@padski.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [london-hack-space] Re: Car Seat Fail
>
> > On 9 Aug 2012, at 10:45, Monty wrote:
>
> >> Lob it in the skip.
>
> > what's left of it perhaps -
> > photos please!
>
> > oh and we haven't got a skip.
>
> > /m
>
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> > No virus found in this message.
> > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com
> > Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5188 - Release Date: 08/08/12
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> Sam Kelly,http://www.eithin.co.uk/

[Jim MacArthur]

Thanks for letting us know, Billy.

While we all need to be vigilant in the workshop, I agree that leaving
lead-acid batteries with their terminals uncovered is asking for
trouble. I always keep one terminal on mine gaffer taped. It's way too
easy for a spanner to fall off a bench.

[Jon Fautley]

On 9 August 2012 23:05, Jim MacArthur <j...@mode7.co.uk> wrote:
> While we all need to be vigilant in the workshop, I agree that leaving
> lead-acid batteries with their terminals uncovered is asking for
> trouble. I always keep one terminal on mine gaffer taped. It's way too
> easy for a spanner to fall off a bench.

That sounds like a good idea. There are plenty of spanners in the space.