Re: Ah, those were the days...

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From: mccullar@flash.net
To: <vectorlist@synthcom.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:08:13 -0800
Subject: VECTOR: Ah, those were the days...

> Yes, I too "stress-tested" several electronic components in the driveway by
> connecting 120 VAC across their leads, with a VERY long extension cord.
> That was in my wild, mis-spent youth, you understand. Those chips could
> really dance as they whooped and hollered their final swan song.
>
> Once I almost burned down the garage by seeing what would happen if you
> connected a wad of steel wool across two D-cell batteries. Believe me, that
> Boy Scout trick WORKS, and works a little too well. It's far too easy to
> start a campfire this way. <WHOOMP!>
>
ha ha ha, I live in europe sucker.
we use 230v (double the voltage - double the fun!)

anyway, try lighting steel-wool with a match!
(brillo-pads are best, the pink stuff makes it better!)

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Received on Thu Feb 8 00:19:47 2001