Ok, you all have prodded me into revealing my most carefully guarded
secret. I have told nobody this so you should all consider yourselves
extremely fortunate to share in this piece of idiocy.
I was rewiring a '36 Dodge 4-door sedan because I was tired of not being
able to start it with the 6 volt positive ground. So, I decided to install
a 12 volt alternator system. Needless to say, it required a massive
replacement of all bulbs, etc.
So I was working up under the dash as it started getting dark, so I went
into the house and found the perfect implement to illuminate my project. My
wife has a high intensity lamp with a pincher clamp on one end. That was
just what I needed to keep the lamp in place. So I rigged it up and in
another 3 hours, I completed the job. Feeling very proud of myself, I
wrapped it all up and went in the house and turned in for the night.
I woke up at about 3 AM with a terrible pain in my left eye. When I got up
my wife started laughing unmercifully. After I calmed her down she told me
to look in the mirror. I did and found the left side of my face was beet
red.
You guessed it, the lamp was a "Sun Lamp" and three hours of exposure
created a "close encounter of the burnt kind". A visit to the eye doctor
revealed that no permanent damage was done to my eye.
You know, I've never used that lamp again.
Joe Curry ( Just keep the stories coming, my life is now flashing before my
eyes)
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