Yes I remember sticking the knife in the old toaster, avoiding touching the sides, to retrieve a stuck piece is toast. A few zaps with the knife. The English muffins seemed to be the worst!
I still have an old guitar amp without a transformer. It has a non-polarized plug, so if you plug it in wrong the chassis is directly connected to the 120-volt line. Of course, the guitar strings are connected to the amplifier chassis, so everything metal on your guitar is at 120 volts with 15 to 20 amperes of available fault current. That’s one dangerous situation…
Yes I remember sticking the knife in the old toaster, avoiding touching the sides, to retrieve a stuck piece is toast. A few zaps with the knife. The English muffins seemed to be the worst!
I still have an old guitar amp without a transformer. It has a non-polarized plug, so if you plug it in wrong the chassis is directly connected to the 120-volt line. Of course, the guitar strings are connected to the amplifier chassis, so everything metal on your guitar is at 120 volts with 15 to 20 amperes of available fault current. That’s one dangerous situation…