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Re:Very high current power supply (2012) by dTal on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @05:31AM (#20400420)
Some of those videos seem a mite unsafe. What's the purpose of surrounding a white-hot piece of metal with highly flammable paper? It combusted on two occasions that we see. The he just removes the paper, and you realize that all that radiant heat is now hitting the worktop and circuitry...
Re:Very high current power supply (2012) by phoe-krk on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:36AM (#20400689)
> What's the purpose of surrounding a white-hot piece of metal with highly flammable paper?

He likely wanted a nice white background for his video. But, well, it backfired.