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Dont Do This!

Subject:Dont Do This!
From:Jim Seargeant
Date:Mon Apr 15 08:48:08 1996
For those of you that have sort of destructive tendencies that I seem to be prone to - here is something else to avoid.

Last night, in a rush to get a look at Hyakutake before the spring storms set in, I first plugged in the AC adapter (to AC), then connected the DC extension cord. In the process of doing so, I apparantly shorted the connector in the AC adapter with the c

I suggest that one should connect the adapter and extension cords all the way to the telescope panel (switch off!). Only then should one connect the AC and then turn on the power switch. (The good ole AC plug is fairly well designed to protect against

Has anyone been inside the AC adapter?

Jim "Sparks" Seargeant

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