[HAM] Arcing across pin 3 and 4 at leslie end, how common is this?

[Scott Hawthorn]

At 02:21 AM 6/22/2008, David Wells wrote:

>How common is it for pins 3 and 4 to arc and blow a fuse AND make a shit 
>load of mess AND
>burn through the nearest faces of the bloody pins?

I have never heard of that!