Exploding E-Cigarettes
In the news this week was a report about a barmaid and an exploding electronic cigarette. Apparently the device had been plugged into an IPad charger rated at 2A rather than the intended charger which was rated at 0.5A. A
Posted in: Safety
Tags: electricity, Safety
Five welding mistakes to avoid
Welding can be very dangerous, there are numerous hazards to try and avoid and lots of ways to get hurt. The amount of risk depends on the type of welding you are doing, as some welding techniques involve more hazardous
More Electrical Safety
I’ve previously mentioned that you need to be careful when dealing with electrics in the workshop but not everyone is quite so sensible. Uncle Wilko from the ShedBlog reported of a pensioner who decided to wired up his shed electrics
Chemical Safety in the Workshop
I was discussing the issue of storing dangerous chemicals in the workshop the other week with a work colleague and he took the attitude that as soon as his kids could walk he took everything out of the garden shed
Workshop Electrics Basics
After a few comments from various readers about the complexity of my previous thoughts on workshop electrics I agreed to write an article for the shed blog for the readersheds National Shed Week. The article gets back to the basics
Posted in: Electrics
Tags: Safety, Workshop Supply
Still no voltage
Following my previous posting on No Voltage Release switches, I’ve done some further research. Both my pillar drill and bench grinder already have these fitted, the lathe definately does not. Whilst searching the web for these switches, I found several
Posted in: Electrics
Tags: No Voltage Release, NVR, NVR Switch, Safety, Undervoltage trigger
No Voltage
A local powercut launched a discussion about what would happen if I’d been machining something in the workshop whilst that happened. Well if it had been dark it might have been a little scary whilst all the equipment powered down
Posted in: Electrics
Tags: No Voltage Release, NVR, NVR Switch, Safety, Undervoltage trigger, Workshop Supply
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
