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From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
Message-ID: <6203@ae.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 90 18:06:33 GMT
References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Gregory Ebert writes:


>Batteries	: If you are patient, alkaline and zinc-carbon cells are
>		quite amusing. Best to use a variac rated at 10+ amps and
>		adjust from 0-120 VAC. Fresh batteries smoke and sizzle,
>		while 'dead' batteries put-out nice green/blue/orange
>		fireworks along with ample amounts of smoke. One victim
>		popped out of its case with a loud 'suction-cup' noise.
>		Still to be investigated are lead-acid and NiCd species.

THE EXPLOSION OF A LEAD-ACID CAR BATTERY IS ENOUGH TO HURL THE HOOD OF THE
CAR OVER 50 FEET!  I HAVE SEEN IT.  IF YOU CAN DO THESE, AND THE OTHER
LISTED "EXPERIMENTS" UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE YOU DESTROY ONLY YOURSELF, FINE.

How about moving this crap to rec.jerks?


Rich
-- 
Hitting baseballs and writing software are two professions where you can
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							 rsd@sei.cmu.edu
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