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Homebrewing Disclaimer

You have been warned

Because we live in such a litigious age where common sense seems to be less common than it once was, I feel obligated to point out the following WARNINGs.

All the information and opinions on the www.va3ep.net pages are mine (or as credited) and provided without any claim of usability or warranty of any kind and is to be used for informational, educational and/or entertainment purposes only, so please don't flame me or sue me if I said something you do not agree with or you build something I did and it does not work (or kills you or other people).

When doing electronics and mechanical work, wear eye protection, gloves and other protection as appropriate.

When soldering do not inhale the fumes from melting solder, and be careful not pick up your soldering iron by the hot end.

Do not allow hot molten solder to fall on your leg or other sensitive or flammable surface.

Don't leave the soldering iron on when you leave the work area.

Don't hit yourself, cut yourself with anything sharp, stab yourself with with anything pointy or drop anything on your foot (thanks to Dave Barry for the tool tips. Dave also has good instructions on you to make a computer and how to install software :-)

Use caution when cutting wire or other objects with cutters as the cut end may fly off in a random direction at a high speed and hit someone in the eye or other sensitive body part.

When drilling use care as to not catch your hair, shirtsleeve, tie or tongue in the rotating chuck or bit, drill through your finger or allow the drill to get stuck in the object you are drilling causing it to spin around at a high speed and hack chunks out of your hand or body.

When cutting and filing metal so not cut yourself or get metal slivers imbedded in your hands or metal filings in our eyes. Do not eat any small parts as they may cause choking.

Keep bystanders, especially children back a safe distance, and store tools and materials in a safe place when you are not around.

If you are working with or building a power supply that are powered from the 110 VAC "wall socket" line voltage, be VERY careful when working on the primary side (before a stepdown transformer to below 48 volts) as 110 VAC CAN KILL you, or at least make you yell and dance around and shake your hand vigorously, potentially hitting some solid object and injuring it worse than the shock did.

When working with batteries, even AA NiMH cells can deliver enough current to generate enough heat to burn you, and can explode if shorted. Bigger cells are even more dangerous (you can do light welding with a car battery).

Anyone reading further on www.va3ep.net or following any links on these pages implicity agrees that they have read all the WARNINGs here and will follow all of the warnings and any other warnings or cautions that are approriate to the circumstances and that they take full responsibility for their own actions. Have I forgotten anything? I shouldn't have since I have done most of those things to myself at least once (except for killing anyone). You can learn from my mistakes :-)