From: email@here.invalid   
      
   On 08/04/2025 21:24, Ed Vance wrote:   
   > When I was in High School I took a  Electric class.   
   > There was a 6Volt Battery , some assorted length wires with battery clips on   
   > each end and some homemade Resistors with wire wrapped around a strip of   
   > Bakelite.   
   > The Teacher gave us Schematics showing Series,circuit to calculate the   
   Voltage   
   > and Current we should get when we assembled the circuit and then used a VOM   
   to   
   > see the readings on the circuit.   
   >   
   > We were told to ALWAYS wire the circuit up first , connect the VOM and then   
   put   
   > the battery clips on the battery.   
   >   
   > When I charge my ell phone I put the USB C plug in the jack on the phone and   
   > then plug the other end in the A.C. socket.   
   >   
   > When it is charged up I unplug the A.C.  plug from the socket and remove the   
   > USB C plug from the phone   
   >   
   > I know it is only 5 Volts but I do it that way.   
   >   
   > Most folks I see unplug the wire from their phone first , then unplug the   
   A.C.   
   > end.   
   >   
   > Probably doesn't matter, but I'm set in my ways   
   > Ed   
      
   In a parking lot, I came across a taxi driver with his hood open, a flat   
   battery inside, him looking for a jump start.   
      
   He'd already attached cables to his car battery and was just casually   
   holding both leads in one hand, with remaining charge ready to bite...   
      
      
   I made my excuses and left.   
      
      
   --   
   Adrian C   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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