/sci/ - Science & Math

Dear /sci/. I almost fucked up royally by letting a mercury lamp almost explode. My supervisor uses it, its worth a few thousand euros. It said in the manual to not let the power go beyond 110 watts. You have to keep checking whether it is close or over this value every few minutes.

What do i do? I turn it on, leave the room, look at memes for about 15 minutes. I come back and lean over to look at the lamps. the mercury lamp is now directly under my head. It feels kind of hot, let me look at the power it is producing.

HOLY SHIT IT'S 115 WATTS!! GREAT SCOTT!
I'm shocked and after some moments being frozen i turn the value down. nothing exploded, no harm done. But i feel like shit, what if the thing exploded. In my face? i would have died, or ended up disfigured for life...

But what if the thing exploded when i was not near, evenm then i would have been majorly fucked. My research gone to shit togheter with any grade i hoped to get.

I still feel like total shit and I needed to vent...

Thanks for reading!