Teen sticks Xbox 360 power supply in bowl of water

[xospec1alk]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/xbox_teen/

A North Carolina teenager who decided the best way to cool his Xbox's overheating power supply was to stick it in a bowl of water was knocked unconcious by the resulting electric shock and earned himself a trip to hospital with "minor burns to his right hand and foot".
According to local news reports, the 14-year-old Brevard youth was having a spot of bother with his console which would shut down every five minutes. His mum told the press he "thought the problem was likely linked to overheating" and duly "tried to fix it on his own based on tips he found online".

This apparently involved wrapping the offending power supply in plastic and tape and dunking it in said bowl "while it was still plugged in". His mother explained: "When I left to go next door he was playing a game but when I got back he was laying on his back on the floor and unconscious."

The young man was subsequently detained overnight at the local Transylvania Community Hospital.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/xbox_teen/

A North Carolina teenager who decided the best way to cool his Xbox's overheating power supply was to stick it in a bowl of water was knocked unconcious by the resulting electric shock and earned himself a trip to hospital with "minor burns to his right hand and foot".

Idiots have a way from removing themselves from the gene pool early in life...

This guy almost did it... almost...

 

[clamum]

Here's to hoping there won't be some lawsuit against the website of the "tips" he found online.

 

[spidey07]

LOL!

Tips he found online. More proof that if you read it on the intarweb, it may not be true.

In order for the cooling process to work better you are supposed to stand barefooted in a puddle of water.

 

[Homerboy]

"Transylvania Community Hospital. "

WHAT?

 

[Juno]

lol

 

[hiromizu]

NC. Doesn't really surprise me.

 

[CptCrunch]

Welcome to electricity 101

 

[Cogman]

LOL, if we are lucky, he has just been sterilized from this little experience.

 

[yowolabi]

I definitely wasn't that stupid at 14. I wonder if he used duct tape.

 

[manowar821]

Oh shi-

Note to everyone here, NEVER ASK FOR TECH TIPS ON 4CHAN

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: spidey07
LOL!

Tips he found online. More proof that if you read it on the intarweb, it may not be true.

In order for the cooling process to work better you are supposed to stand barefooted in a puddle of water.

Noted! I'll try that after work...

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
"Transylvania Community Hospital. "

WHAT?

county in NC near the mtns.

 

[Vampirrella]

This doesnt surprise me...

 

[CasioTech]

Originally posted by: Cogman
LOL, if we are lucky, he has just been sterilized from this little experience.

hardy fucking har asshole.

 

[Vampirrella]

What a hair raising experience!

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: Cogman
LOL, if we are lucky, he has just been sterilized from this little experience.

:thumbsup:

Mankind would be better off if that were the case.

 

[CloudMog]

I see he did this before whipping out Bioshock for his 360... He would of known better had he seen what an Electrobolt plasmid can do.

 

[CasioTech]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: Cogman
LOL, if we are lucky, he has just been sterilized from this little experience.

:thumbsup:

Mankind would be better off if that were the case.

mankind would also be better of if you castrated yourself. Get to it.

 

[digiram]

First it's SC now it's NC.

 

[Randum]

Originally posted by: Vampirrella
What a hair raising experience!

lol