How much do you trust your own hobby electronics?

[fastness@mastodon.social]

@linux_mclinuxface in the past I've put in probably unnecessary fuses to put my mind at rest about things that might get shorted etc.

I've always avoided mains powered things though, I don't feel I have the skills for that

[linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org]

@fastness yeah, no way do I trust myself with mains!

[jefftml@toot.io]

@linux_mclinuxface Low voltage? I wouldn’t be too worried. Just check it every so often. High voltage? Then I’d work with someone who knows their stuff.

[linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org]

@jefftml yeah, low voltage, but potentially battery powered. LiPo batteries scare me a bit. I guess I could do alkaine but that seems wasteful

[timixretroplays@digipres.club]

@linux_mclinuxface @double_a_runi does the whole thing have to go under the pillow? You could leave the electronics outside and run just a cable to a vibrating pad under the pillow. Theme it to look like an alarm clock or something and it won't even look out of place.

[linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org]

@timixretroplays @double_a_runi this sort of exists already, but I don’t want to get tangled in the cord.

[stfn@fosstodon.org]

@linux_mclinuxface I trust my electronics skills enough to use 1850s in simple applications

[double_a_runi@mastodon.edufor.me]

@linux_mclinuxface @jefftml I wouldn't worry too much about your components shorting enough to explode through a plastic box on low voltage battery.

[double_a_runi@mastodon.edufor.me]

@linux_mclinuxface @jefftml rechargable AAA maybe ? Or 18650s ?

[linux_mclinuxface@fosstodon.org]

@double_a_runi @jefftml yeah, alkalines. 18650s maybe if cloud use a single cell.