Icy Ball

[Tug]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_Ball

Cheers
Tug

[rcavictim]

Tug,

Love your avatar.  Where did you get that picture of me as a child.  Been there....done that!  

[Wizard]

Waving hand, ditto!

Except was a naked neon lamp without resistor.  BANG.   

Cheers, Wizard

[mobile_bob]

i did it with a bobbie pin at age 2.5

funny how 50 odd years later i can still see the arc/flash and the color the the receptical cover



bob g

[Tug]

I am an electrician by trade...so i thought the avatar fitting....
I did this as a young child myself...
Now the Ontario Electrical Safety Authority requires tamper resistant rec. installed in all new home construction...
The new recepticals will stop any child from shoving a paperclip into one side of the outlet...
But if the child is smart and unbends the paperclip it can be inserted both sides at once...
Protects the stupid kids i guess....

http://www.childsafetyoutlet.org/learning/ChildSafetyOutletSlides.pdf

Cheers
Tug

[mobile_bob]

two early attempts at self electrocution were the one i reported earlier, the
second was really cool

i found an old inner race and tapered roller brgs in a junk pile, tore apart the cage
and had this nice looking roller about the size of my 9 yo thumb, it had that dull inner
layer and the shiney outer layer

i wondered if it could be charged like a battery?



so i unscrewed the bulb from my desk lamp, carefully place my roller in the socket
and plugged in the lamp cord to the wall receptical



hmmmm, that didn't work out very well!

ruined my desklamp too!

no better lessons learned than those from direct observation

bob g

[rcavictim]

If you believe in "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger", then we as a society are now gravitating towards raising a bunch of overprotected wimps.

[Tug]

I remember as a kid watching the looney toons beat the crap outta one another...
They dont even have Speedy Gonzales anymore cause it showed mexicans in a bad light....fast and crafty is bad???
Cheers
Tug

[vdubnut62]

Hey! How did you talk my Mother out of my 6 year old birthday party picture ?
Ron

[rbodell]

Tug,

Love your avatar.  Where did you get that picture of me as a child.  Been there....done that!  

I was about that same age as the kid in the avatar when I used the ends of an electric cord plugged into the receptacle to rub together to make the nice pretty sparks. Looking back, I probably should taken that as a hint to stay away from electricity.

[bschwartz]

WIZARD !!!!! I did the same naked neon bulb (sans-resistor) trick.  Mine made a pretty white light but only for a second.  There was a slight 'bang' noise and smoke coming from the wire burn marks on my fingers.   

[Ronmar]

Used to cook hotdogs between two nails driven thru a board.  Each nail was hooked to a wire of a two prong cord...  Nothing like a dog, with relish, onions and ozone:)

yes, we are raising a generation of over protected wimps...

[rbodell]

Used to cook hotdogs between two nails driven thru a board.  Each nail was hooked to a wire of a two prong cord...  Nothing like a dog, with relish, onions and ozone:)

yes, we are raising a generation of over protected wimps...

There was actually a version of that on the market. It was something like the george forman grill except for the spikes you put the hot dogs on. It had a switch under the lid that cut off the power when you raised the lid. The switch on mine stuck in the on position. WOW

[rcavictim]

Used to cook hotdogs between two nails driven thru a board.  Each nail was hooked to a wire of a two prong cord...  Nothing like a dog, with relish, onions and ozone:)

yes, we are raising a generation of over protected wimps...

There was actually a version of that on the market. It was something like the george forman grill except for the spikes you put the hot dogs on. It had a switch under the lid that cut off the power when you raised the lid. The switch on mine stuck in the on position. WOW

I see a bumper sticker.  "I was just knocked silly by my George Forman grille!".  What would it be like if George Foreman offered a "Punch Bowl"? 

[rl71459]

We had a"Hot Dogger" when I was a kid..... It had 2 rows of metal spikes that you pushed the ends of the hot dogs on... when you closed the lid it electrocuted them!

Rob