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Like 31 October at 10:15 | Open on chaos.social

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scy

@__michaelg Yeah…

Photo of the top edge of a Synthstrom Deluge, where the DC input is labeled "9 - 12V" and a center-negative polarity symbol.

31 October at 10:22 | Open on chaos.social

adorfer

@scy @__michaelg

https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/112000134817886847

31 October at 10:55 | Open on chaos.social

DK4HAA - Harm

@adorfer @scy @__michaelg Noooooooo! 🥵

31 October at 13:08 | Open on mastodon.radio

yetzt

@__michaelg 😱

31 October at 10:29 | Open on vis.social

jon ⚝

@yetzt
Irgendwas fühlt sich falsch an. Nur was?
@__michaelg

31 October at 14:44 | Open on degrowth.social

kianryan ☑️🐙🏳️‍🌈

@__michaelg The one true connector. Sorry, not sorry. *bang* Damnit.

31 October at 10:37 | Open on oldbytes.space

Magnesium

@__michaelg Yea, I built one of these. It's a replacement charger for my Epson HX-20.

31 October at 11:30 | Open on troet.cafe

Pxl Phile

@__michaelg device power marking? En eso economía?

31 October at 12:24 | Open on social.tchncs.de

Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵

@__michaelg instant smoke machine, seems appropriate 😁

31 October at 12:50 | Open on mastodon.me.uk

Zephod Beeblebrox

@__michaelg lol. I'd be tempted to replace the negative with AC just to make it really terrifying

31 October at 13:04 | Open on techtoots.com

Sonikku

@__michaelg Most applications of that type of connector have the centre pin as positive(+). Ouch!

31 October at 13:08 | Open on oldbytes.space

DK4HAA - Harm

@__michaelg No! Just NO!

31 October at 13:08 | Open on mastodon.radio

JennyFluff :heart_trans:

@__michaelg I have at least one device that is spooky like that. aaaa!

31 October at 13:19 | Open on chitter.xyz

Myke

@__michaelg Most guitar effects pedals (and many electronic musical instruments) - but not all.

31 October at 13:29 | Open on mstdn.ca

Alexander Knochel

@__michaelg Aaah

31 October at 13:44 | Open on astrodon.social

aetios

@__michaelg You too!

(I've in fact blown the fuse on this device once already)

Technics LP player with a centre negative plug.

31 October at 13:46 | Open on sns.minovsky.space

Peetz🯰r

@__michaelg I add labels to those to prevent future damage.

Bottom panel of an old (1996) HP Omnibook laptop with a center negative barrel jack. There are bright yellow labels with skull-and-bones and center-negative symbols near the jack and on the cable.

31 October at 13:55 | Open on hsnl.social

nano :transfem: :omnisexual:

@__michaelg NOOOOOO CENTER NEGATIVE :neocat_cry_loud: :neocat_cry_loud: :neocat_cry_loud: :neocat_cry_loud: :neocat_cry_loud: :neocat_cry_loud:

31 October at 13:58 | Open on social.nano.lgbt

FoxoBread 🦊

@__michaelg
My Casio PT-10 is the first thing that comes to mind when I see this.
’87 though, so I can excuse it.

31 October at 14:24 | Open on bark.lgbt

Codeschubse

@__michaelg I don't get it. Care to elaborate?

31 October at 14:43 | Open on ohai.social

Michael

@Codeschubse It's the pictogram for a center-negative barrel power connector. Most electronics have center-positive connectors these days, it's considered a standard by many. (A bunch of music/guitar devices being the notable exception.) So whenever you run into a center-negative device but don't have the original power supply around, chances that you don't find a matching power supply are low, while chances that you destroy the device by accidentally using the wrong one are high. Spooky!