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This is the most terrifying version of that in Russia. All my friends who have played Russia of course say its an absolutely insane nightmare that anything works at all. For perspective most of the power amps running the speakers in this size venue are running about a 1000 watts rms each, they can easily peak at 3000 or more, and they probably have 6 or more chained together, minimum. Microphones have metal capsules, metal handles, and are grounded through the the wire that connects to the mixer. Ideally the power amp voltage should be so removed through the signal chain that this shouldn't happen. But hey, Russia. Also note how as he gets shocked, his body involuntarily tenses up, AND PUTS THE MICROPHONE THAT JUST SHOCKED HIM STRAIGHT ONTO HIS HEART. This is my nightmare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgr77VMe5Lc&t=126s He lived. Pokey Araya fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Feb 10, 2018 |
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Pokey Araya posted:This is the most terrifying version of that in Russia. All my friends who have played Russia of course say its an absolutely insane nightmare that anything works at all. For perspective most of the power amps running the speakers in this size venue are running about a 1000 watts rms each, they can easily peak at 3000 or more, and they probably have 6 or more chained together, minimum. Microphones have metal capsules, metal handles, and are grounded through the the wire that connects to the mixer. Ideally the power amp voltage should be so removed through the signal chain that this shouldn't happen. But hey, Russia. Pro level YouTube comment: "In Soviet Russia, mic drops you."
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Feb 10, 2018 02:35
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lmao I never expected that sort of response to my stupid joke but  to all goons who enrich our stupid dead gay community
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Feb 10, 2018 02:48
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Wasabi the J posted:Pro level YouTube comment: Only one of these jokes I’ve seen in years that actually worked
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Feb 10, 2018 03:28
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Pokey Araya posted:This is the most terrifying version of that in Russia. All my friends who have played Russia of course say its an absolutely insane nightmare that anything works at all. For perspective most of the power amps running the speakers in this size venue are running about a 1000 watts rms each, they can easily peak at 3000 or more, and they probably have 6 or more chained together, minimum. Microphones have metal capsules, metal handles, and are grounded through the the wire that connects to the mixer. Ideally the power amp voltage should be so removed through the signal chain that this shouldn't happen. But hey, Russia. Shock is at 2:08 lol
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Feb 10, 2018 03:33
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Pokey Araya posted:This is the most terrifying version of that in Russia. All my friends who have played Russia of course say its an absolutely insane nightmare that anything works at all. For perspective most of the power amps running the speakers in this size venue are running about a 1000 watts rms each, they can easily peak at 3000 or more, and they probably have 6 or more chained together, minimum. Microphones have metal capsules, metal handles, and are grounded through the the wire that connects to the mixer. Ideally the power amp voltage should be so removed through the signal chain that this shouldn't happen. But hey, Russia. The power amps running the speakers have no direct electrical connection to the microphone. Totally unrelated. These accidents are caused by on-stage instrument amplifers with lifted grounds killing guitarists or in the case of microphones usually a lovely stage split or mixer.
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Feb 10, 2018 03:46
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 https://i.imgur.com/28L3TYC.jpgDude with an angle grinder blade in the side of his face.
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It seems like it would take a lot to end up with a massive ground-fault like that with pro audio gear though... (not that I'm doubting that it happens) Normally everything in audio is grounded together through the mic-cable shields, unless you have isolated DI boxes in between (but then they're isolated and they won't become energized on their own). And pretty much all pro audio gear I've seen is grounded at the plug. The mixer will also likely be grounded at the same potential as the scary russian PAs. Point is that all it would take in an audio signal chain to avoid a high voltage ground is for a single piece of equipment to be properly grounded and wired and it should drag everything down to ground level. (This is assuming normal equipment leakage currents driving a floating ground, not a direct phase-shield fault, but then the cable would probably melt.) Now if the entire sound system setup was fed off a non grounded outlet, then the equipment ground would float, normally at around 1/2 half the line voltage to ground on average (this happens since most equipment has roughly symmetrical leakage paths for phase-ground and neutral-ground). If enough equipment were grounded together and especially if some of it were poorly made/faulty then you could end up with quite a lot of current going through whoever bridges the equipment ground and proper ground. Another option is that the building/venues actual grounding rod is corroded away and nobody noticed/started piling on the isolation transformers to deal with symptoms instead of fixing it, next person to touch both the PE and actual ground gets a nice surprise. My MiniDisc player had no ground, and came with very specific and mandatory checks in the service manual to ensure the ground leakage current was below some very low number of µAs. In that case since it had both balanced audio and digital I/O and I was converting it to 230V I just hacked in a C14 inlet and added a grounding lug to avoid that issue. It was likely ungrounded since one variant of it only came with unbalanced audio and floating all your grounds is the only way to avoid ground loop hum with unbalanced audio.
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Feb 10, 2018 09:53
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There are transformer isolated in/outs all over audio gear. The metal XLR housing on a mic cable should never be connected to anything anyway.
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https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/ax1DGwY_460sv.mp4
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Feb 10, 2018 14:44
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That needs to be a thing straight away.
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Feb 10, 2018 15:45
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Humphreys posted:That needs to be a thing straight away. Sure beats getting beaten up and dragged out of a plane.
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Feb 10, 2018 15:57
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Memento posted:
at lease he remained cool throughout the whole ordeal 
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LifeSunDeath posted:at lease he remained cool throughout the whole ordeal Of course he remained cool, he didn't want to lose face.
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Feb 10, 2018 17:58
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On my last flight the pilot gave the safety briefing as the flight attendants went through the motions. Two I remember: "If you haven't been in a motor vehicle for the past 40 years, this is a seatbelt!" "If we lose cabin pressure, oxygen masks will fall from the ceiling. Stop screaming and put your mask on over your face and secure with the elastic strap."
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Feb 10, 2018 18:06
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Memento posted:
aaaand that brings us to now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrs-lyhcXmA
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Feb 10, 2018 18:26
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Memento posted:
to steal a joke from another goon: I'm not going to question a doctor's methods, but I think a scalpel would have worked better.
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longview posted:grounded at the plug. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST_7396 http://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/Russia1.html
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Feb 10, 2018 18:33
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Memento posted:
it'll buff out
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:aaaand that brings us to now never watched this movie but now i want to
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LifeSunDeath posted:never watched this movie but now i want to It’s incredibly good
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https://i.imgur.com/FmUkXnx.mp4 I'm not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it's great being able to skip expensive stumpgrinding equipment. On the other hand, I keep watching and being afraid that the carjack is going to snap or bend or something. Also it seems like it would only work with smaller/thinner stumps.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:32
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theflyingexecutive posted:It’s incredibly good Seconding this. I also like to party.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:40
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Kith posted:https://i.imgur.com/FmUkXnx.mp4 It looks possibly dangerous but just about everything you can do with tree work either involves a long fall, chansaw going into your leg, or a dead branch javelining you from 100 feet up so it's not to bad compared to them.
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Feb 10, 2018 23:44
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I trust the jack more than I trust the two‐by‐fours and that pin connecting them to the jack.
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Kith posted:https://i.imgur.com/FmUkXnx.mp4 Pretty clever, I would have used a thicker bolt at the top and perhaps something stronger than pine.
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Kith posted:https://i.imgur.com/FmUkXnx.mp4 i was waiting for the rootball to "let go" and snap the whole assembly forward
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Raskolnikov38 posted:i was waiting for the rootball to "let go" and snap the whole assembly forward In my experience clearing many many acres with an assortment of things from hoes up through bulldozers, tree root balls don't really 'pop' like that.
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Yeah, if you look on the ground behind him there is an axe, my guess is that he lifts it up and then uses the axe for the last few roots.
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This is a jack, not a pneumatic cylinder. The stump is lifting every time and the roots aren't made of rubber, so what are you nervous about?
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Kith posted:https://i.imgur.com/FmUkXnx.mp4 The car jack he’s using is for search and rescue and is rated to pick up a fuckin truck. It’s not going to bend.
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SelenicMartian posted:You can still run into ungrounded outlets here and there. Oh I know, they're everywhere in Norway since most sites built before ~2000 used IT power and grounding was only used in kitchens and bathrooms, so the C1/C2 plug is everywhere in older houses. I rarely run into them in commercial/industrial these days though, even fairly old commercial buildings have largely been retrofitted or at least use all grounded outlets now. One thing that I found a little strange is that apparently current regs require that if you fit a grounded outlet in an old house like that outside of kitchen/bathrooms you have to replace every single outlet. It kind of makes sense since you can normally grandfather in pretty much anything but once you touch it it has to go completely. My dad had a grounded outlet for a space heater in the living room the power company inspector said he had to either ground all the outlets or unground that one, seems like that would reduce the overall safety of the installation? Unless the argument is something like that with IT power having grounded and non-grounded outlets in the same room creates the potential for touching a nominally grounded but ungrounded appliance with a fault at the same time as a grounded one.
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Honestly I'd be more worried about the chain snapping.
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C.M. Kruger posted:Honestly I'd be more worried about the chain snapping. At least it’s not a cable.
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Platystemon posted:I trust the jack more than I trust the two‐by‐fours and that pin connecting them to the jack. Applesnots posted:Pretty clever, I would have used a thicker bolt at the top and perhaps something stronger than pine. The boards and bolt are just there to prevent the apparatus tipping over while in use. There would be very little force actually exerted on them.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:The boards and bolt are just there to prevent the apparatus tipping over while in use. There would be very little force actually exerted on them. You are right, I was thinking backwards. Good call.
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HEY NONG MAN posted:The car jack he’s using is for search and rescue and is rated to pick up a fuckin truck. It’s not going to bend. It's just a simple farmer jack but I don't think anyone was thinking the jack was going to bend.
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Sorry in advance for the Snapchat caption, this was the only picture I took. Only one guy in this crew of (painters or roofers, I don't recall) would scale this bad idea in action. As bad as it looks set up - them leaning the ladder over, standing on the edge of the carport roof, was extremely sketchy.
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