You see, it’s like this. Last night I went to get the dremel tool out of my tool box and it was wet. Wet and it smelled. So were my two brand new Digitrax trottles. My dog had sneeked down in the night and peed in my tool box.
So I’m going to get a metal plate and put it on the floor. Put the capcitor in the tool box and when he tries it again…heh, heh, heh
I will so puni***hat dog. Looks like you will need to let the stuff dry out then tear it down and disinfect them. I dont know if it is even possible.
But what about the Spaced-out Mouse that left the tool box open in the first place?
Don’t get mad… get even. Pee on his doggy bed…
[;)]
A powerful capacitor, fully charged, equals a dead dog.
Spacemouse… if I can keep from laughing long enough, maybe I can edit this reply…[(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]. I can tell you that a mild electrical shock will DEFINITELY work. Here is a short story that proves my point: back in 1959, I was in the Army stationed at a Nike Missile Site. The radar vans were set up on a man-made hill that was mostly sandy gravel. That summer turned out to be VERY dry, and we were having all sorts of trouble with the radar electronics. We also had a mascot dog on site, “Rebel”, who was a German Shepard. He would always come up the hill and sit in the shade out behind the radar vans. While I was working on the radome and watching the radar van window for commands, I saw the dog go over to the grounding rod for the vans and proceed to take a whizz. Well, let me tell you, I never saw a dog jump, howl, and run so fast as that day, and he never would even go up the hill to vans ever again after that episode. You see, it was so dry, for so long, that we had a very poor ground and didn’t realize it until the dog took a whizz on the rod.
All you need to do is get a 100 mfd, 50VDC Cap, charge it, and place it where the dog can touch the positive lead. It will not hurt the dog, but it will be very unpleasant, and he/she will get the point.
In the meantime, close your toolbox. You can also sprinkle red hot pepper on/near the box, dogs HATE crushed red pepper.
Spacemouse-
Get some deionized water and wa***hat stuff QUICK. Animal urine is highly corrosive, and the ions will happily turn into crystal conductive bridges when you apply power if they’ve dried across any points that current will want to flow between (even more effectively if something is wet).
DI water is amazingly safe stuff for cleaning electronics as long as you don’t let it drip dry (I take stuff out to the garage and hit it with the dust-off nozzel from a foot or so away, yes, my air is filtered). It’s used commercially with some electronics-safe soaps to clean keybaords on a large scale, as well as to clean the IC wafers after they’ve been processed. A good dousing with isopropyl alcohol before the DI water wouldn’t be too bad either, and may help remove any stubborn rememnants before the rinse. You’ll definitely need to open upthe throttles and the dremel. Just don’t let anything soak (in DI or alcohol or dog ****) and you’ll be OK. An old,soft, beat-up toothbrush is great for making sure things are clean.
-dave
Okay, Chip - fess up!! Whatdaja do to the dog?!? Once again, another bright spot in our but dull lives. [(-D] DigiKey, Newark, and (believe it or not) Mouser would be good resources for the 100 mfd, 50VDC caps that *** mentioned - if a Radio Shack is not conveniently located near you
This incident actually reminds me of a funny story about my trombone instructor in college. He was the bass trombonist in the Cleveland Orchestra and had his studio down in the basement of his modest home, where he practiced during the day. Mr. Anderson was a very laid back man and didn’t get flustered about much of anything. (At least I never saw him get flustered.)
Anyhow, one day my teacher’s cat was being obnoxious about something. In a fit of annoyance, Mr. Anderson tossed (threw) his cat down the basement stairs. Later on, he went back downstairs to practice this trombone. When he walked over to pick up his trombone in order to warm up, he noticed that the cat…HAD THROWN UP ALL OVER THE BELL OF HIS TROMBONE. (Thankfully, cat york is fairly easily cleaned off of lacquer with water, with no adverse affects.)
Mr. Anderson told me that he normally left his trombone laying out in his case between practice sessions, in a particular part of the basement. The way he figured it, the cat had to go out of it’s way to jump up on the fireplace mantle and lean WAAAAAAAAAY out over his trombone case in order to accompli***he dasturdly act. The lesson? NEVER underestimate an animal’s ability to get EVEN!
Chip, didn’t you post something a couple of weeks ago on being concerned about your cat being up on top of your layout? Sneaky dog. He musta’ wanted you to think the cat did it.
Tom
This is not so similar but related. Our club has “Sam the ticket man” (Plaster of paris ticket agent) in an outside window. The window is sealed completely from the inside with a wall but the only barrier to the out side was a peace of plexi-glass. Holloween eve (I hope that’s the term) someone broke the plexi and stole the POS brass pocket watch that we had in his hand. The watch had a sixteen penny nail through the center I mean come on how much could it have been worth. Any way the cops arrive to take the report and in the course of joking with them I metioned wiring the watches succesor to line voltage. They thought it would be hillarious.
On a serious note be careful with the dog any charge no matter how small through the chest cavity can cause the heart to fibrillate. AKA Lassie go home, we’re talking Elvis home. The Cyan pepper is a safer, though not quite as funny, alternative. Good luck. I almost forgot you can get a product from your vet called canine eliminodor, the stuff is made specifically for getting rid of that smell. If you have any cat problems there is a feline version as well.
Jesse