Smashed an EL34.

EdGrip

Ooooooh, grids!

richardhomer

Have you checked if it still works?

ICBM

Don't handle that with bare hands - and absolutely do not forget to wash your hands afterwards if you already have! Or sniff it, or taste it* . The cathode coating and the getter residue contain toxic elements, including the white dust.

*If it matters, Isaac Newton may have died partly from heavy metal poisoning due to his use of taste as a means of identifying compounds…

Grunfeld

Oooooh... relic valves

Emp_Fab

ICBM said:

Don't handle that with bare hands - and absolutely do not forget to wash your hands afterwards if you already have! Or sniff it, or taste it* . The cathode coating and the getter residue contain toxic elements, including the white dust.

How long does it normally take to die from handling one like he has ?  I thought it was about a week or so wasn't it ?

Hey, EdGrip....  you've got enough time to get your affairs in order then.   Where should we send the flowers ?

EdGrip

If I can get the bloke to finally pass my car's MoT, I'll die happy.

ROOG

Emp_Fab said:

ICBM said:

Don't handle that with bare hands - and absolutely do not forget to wash your hands afterwards if you already have! Or sniff it, or taste it* . The cathode coating and the getter residue contain toxic elements, including the white dust.

How long does it normally take to die from handling one like he has ?  I thought it was about a week or so wasn't it ?

Hey, EdGrip....  you've got enough time to get your affairs in order then.   Where should we send the flowers ?

How long does it take? Depends on how many you eat!

57Deluxe

...I like licking the insides of broken low energy light bulbs... is this inadviable too?

ROOG

57Deluxe said:

...I like licking the insides of broken low energy light bulbs... is this inadviable too?

You're just  one step away from sniffing up the powder through a rolled note!