My vote: BEST THREAD TITLE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Personal Highlights for your enjoyment...
"Nahhh I don't need to disconnect battery bank negative when connecting this sixteen diode 32 volt 120 amp alternata.....
NYATTTT ZOOT CRACKLE POOF" Back to the rebuilding bench with a personal cumulo nimbus sparkling and raining on my head"
"Ah jeez, I don't wanna walk all the way back to the shop and get my meter to see if these two wires are 120...I'll just touch them to this here light bul...
KA POW!"
"I wonder if this Dodge alternator is spinning full fielded open circui....
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" (270+ volts)
"Damn and I cudda swore that rectifier bridge was negative ground"
"That figures. It comes from China. Deader 'n a doornail. Oooooooo what's that little slider switch way down in that slot on the side? 220/115 what the hey?" Oh by the way the great revelation came the week after I cursed the power supply.
MANURE HAPPENS.
Keeps me humble and grumbling at myself.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FIXES. JOIN THE CROWD :)