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G6Tanuki · 18th Apr 2018, 9:09 am

At least it wasn't bad enough to need a trip to A&E. Motors of any sort can be nasty!

Someone I know needed a stay at the local bandageworks after he'd rebuilt a truck starter-motor and decided to test it by hooking it to a 24V battery with a pair of jump-leads. He was holding the body of the motor as he made the final connection - the inertial reaction of the thing made it leap into the air, smashing bones in his left wrist and shoulder.

And anyone who says they've never knocked the soldering-iron off the bench and instinctively reached to grab it as it falls is fibbing.

18th Apr 2018, 9:09 am	#12
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,005	Re: CPU cooling fan - blind-spots in risk/ personal safety assessment? At least it wasn't bad enough to need a trip to A&E. Motors of any sort can be nasty! Someone I know needed a stay at the local bandageworks after he'd rebuilt a truck starter-motor and decided to test it by hooking it to a 24V battery with a pair of jump-leads. He was holding the body of the motor as he made the final connection - the inertial reaction of the thing made it leap into the air, smashing bones in his left wrist and shoulder. And anyone who says they've never knocked the soldering-iron off the bench and instinctively reached to grab it as it falls is fibbing.