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- From: rivan@bnr.ca (Robert Ivan)
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.141818.13604@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
- Reply-To: rivan@bnr.ca
- Organization: Bell Northern Research Ltd.
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 14:18:18 GMT
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- When I was a wee one I had this car set. Since I had the
- the concept that there was a transformer in the system
- that setepped down the vultage to my car track I had an IDEA.
- "what fools are these toymakers ... if they just got rid
- of the transformer ( and stop charging the extra) my cars
- would go wayyy faster". So I decided to test my theory (budding
- electricel engineer ) so after removing one of those little
- dc motors and attaching stripped down wire paper ties ( i had no real wire)
- I proceeded to stick this thing into the AC outlet. WOW did that motor
- run fast zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Since I was holding the motor in
- my hands i got the full shock, burned out the fuses and my poor little motor
- just fried. Beter to run fast and die young .......
-
-
- Then in high school in my electrical class I found this really big coil.
- it just so happened that I also found a nice peice of metal which slid
- nicely back and forth in the coil ( this was one mother of a solenoid).
- So I attached this thing to a 500 volt line without thinking where i
- aimed the thing. Fliped the switch. BANG. Blew out the fuses and the
- coil kicked accross the table. I found the metal peice imbeded in my
- lab partners geometry kit 6 feet away. Everything in the kit was destroyed.
- My partner was not amused. Had he been leaning forward a few inches more
- he'd have been TOAST . A biger version would have worked great in SDI.
-
-
- And then there was the time ......
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