Kindling for the Fire

[Don Klipstein]

I suspect the internal resistance of the battery limits what can flow
through your nice, wet tongue. I don't remember the short-circuit current
of a typical 9V battery, but it seems to me the last time I tested one
it was in the tens of milliamps.

Seems to me wet tongues have more resistance than fresh 9V batteries.
At least alkaline ones. I can usually light up a 93 bulb with one, and
that takes nearly an amp. Sometimes a 9V battery can light up an 1156
bulb, and that requires well over an amp.

- Don Klipstein ([email protected])

 

[Carl D. Smith]

I don't remember the short-circuit current
of a typical 9V battery, but it seems to me the last time I tested one
it was in the tens of milliamps.

I just tested a "Energizer Max" 9V battery, brand new from the
package. Short circuit current was 7.3 Amps. Note the lack of
"milli."

I seem to remember testing a NiCd 9V once and finding that it
could produce even more short circuit current.

 

[Richard Henry]

I suspect the internal resistance of the battery limits what can flow
through your nice, wet tongue. I don't remember the short-circuit current
of a typical 9V battery, but it seems to me the last time I tested one
it was in the tens of milliamps.

Which brings to mind an old urban legend. The termianls on a 9V battery
mate quite nicely. How long until the connected batteries explode?

 

[No Spam]

James Meyer wrote:

[...]

Almost all auto "accidents" are not really accidental. They usually
result from "applied stupidity".

I think electrical shocks are similar.

Jim

Here's a real case for the Darwin Award. A guy high on pcp playing with 16,000 Volts. He
survived!

http://members.tripod.com/~StormTrooper_2/index2.htm

Another poor guy with a false leg gets out of the car to take a pee. He didn't make it

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6699117%5E401,00.html

 

[Watson A.Name - Watt Sun]

Look in ABSE for my attachment - a .gif of Carl & Jerry roasting
weenies and talking about shock current and skin resistance. I only
have the one page, and it was tattered and torn. Amazing it came out
as good as it did. It's frm P.E. Feb. '59. Just look for Carl &
Jerry.

In this case, I used the term accident to differentiate between that
cause of death and death by natural causes, such as cancer. So you
could put quotes around that term.

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[Tom MacIntyre]

Fortunately they were only burns.


I've tongue tested (as have probably just about everyone else) a fresh
9V battery, and your battery isn't that much more. Should have given
you a bit of a twinge...

Oh no...this was MUCH more than a 9V battery could ever provide,
believe me. I thought the top of my head was going to come off.

Tom

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:22:01 GMT, Tom MacIntyre

[snip][snip]

I can remember my dad working on a TV set on the bench. Got an arc to
something and jerked backwards pulling the set off of the bench and it
fell to the floor. This was in the days of picture tubes strapped to
the chassis. The chassis hit flat on the concrete floor, just about
every tube popped out of their sockets and broke, but the picture tube
didn't break ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Stepan Novotill]

James Meyer wrote:

I had a neighbor who worked for the phone company. He told me that it
is not that uncommon to find a "live" wooden telephone pole when it is
raining. He was required to take a measurement on the wet wood before
climbing certain poles.

 

[Stepan Novotill]

The power supply output would be 10.6V at 850mA, but much higher when
no current is being drawn from it. This is normal, and you were
probably getting more like 17 volts. OUCH!

 

[DarkMatter]

I suspect the internal resistance of the battery limits what can flow
through your nice, wet tongue. I don't remember the short-circuit current
of a typical 9V battery, but it seems to me the last time I tested one
it was in the tens of milliamps.

What a joke. Your tongue isn't enough of a short... at all to pull
such a battery or even single cell down.

 

[DarkMatter]

I just tested a "Energizer Max" 9V battery, brand new from the
package. Short circuit current was 7.3 Amps. Note the lack of
"milli."

I seem to remember testing a NiCd 9V once and finding that it
could produce even more short circuit current.

In any case, they sure as hell don't produce that much through a
tongue. Any tongue. At std nine volt battery terminal spacing.

 

[DarkMatter]

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6699117%5E401,00.html

Even Ren And Stimpy will tell you

"Don't pee on the electric fence..."

 

[Glen Walpert]

James Meyer wrote:

[...]

Almost all auto "accidents" are not really accidental. They usually
result from "applied stupidity".

I think electrical shocks are similar.

Jim

Here's a real case for the Darwin Award. A guy high on pcp playing with 16,000 Volts. He
survived!

http://members.tripod.com/~StormTrooper_2/index2.htm

Another poor guy with a false leg gets out of the car to take a pee. He didn't make it

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6699117%5E401,00.html

Try a google search on autoerotic electrocution for about 143 more
amazing examples of applied stupidity!

 

[jakdedert]

Much simpler: Put a little dry ice in a plastic drink bottle, like bottle
water comes in.

Add an inch or so of water. Cap tightly. Run away!

The 1/2 liter bottle will swell up to the size of a football before
exploding with a bang reminiscent of shotgun blast...very loud. Sometimes
it takes a few minutes, sometimes longer. If you don't use enough dry ice,
it only swells. Don't touch it, it could still blow. Throw a rock at it
first, or just leave it alone..

jak

 

[Richard Henry]

Much simpler: Put a little dry ice in a plastic drink bottle, like bottle
water comes in.

Add an inch or so of water. Cap tightly. Run away!

The 1/2 liter bottle will swell up to the size of a football before
exploding with a bang reminiscent of shotgun blast...very loud. Sometimes
it takes a few minutes, sometimes longer. If you don't use enough dry ice,
it only swells. Don't touch it, it could still blow. Throw a rock at it
first, or just leave it alone..

Skiers have been known to use these contraptions in 2-liter drink bottles as
home-made avalanche bombs. One twist - they use urine instead of water to
initiate the blast (more available on a frozen moutainside).

 

[Tom MacIntyre]

The power supply output would be 10.6V at 850mA, but much higher when
no current is being drawn from it. This is normal, and you were
probably getting more like 17 volts. OUCH!

That makes sense. The current wouldn't be zero or even close, but much
less than 850mA, I suppose. It was a real buzz, anyway.

Tom

 

[jakdedert]

Skiers have been known to use these contraptions in 2-liter drink bottles as
home-made avalanche bombs. One twist - they use urine instead of water to
initiate the blast (more available on a frozen moutainside).

I expect it's much warmer than any liquid water available there, as well. I
can only imagine what a two liter bomb would sound like. Like I said, the
1/2 liter ones are amazingly loud.

jak

 

[DarkMatter]

Much simpler: Put a little dry ice in a plastic drink bottle, like bottle
water comes in.

Add an inch or so of water. Cap tightly. Run away!

The 1/2 liter bottle will swell up to the size of a football before
exploding with a bang reminiscent of shotgun blast...very loud. Sometimes
it takes a few minutes, sometimes longer. If you don't use enough dry ice,
it only swells. Don't touch it, it could still blow. Throw a rock at it
first, or just leave it alone..

Much much simpler:

Heated water and Alka-Seltzer tablets. Same boom!

Don't have to wait as long.

 

[jakdedert]

No kidding? I wouldn't have thought so, but I believe you. In any case,
Alka-Seltzer is much easier to aquire than dry ice.

jak

 

[Bushy]

OK Watson, I give up. What effect does it have on the cat??

If you haven't got a cat, then paint a little on your bum!

It's a bit rougher and harsher than the finger covered in ginger up the Arab
horses bum, to get it to lift it's tail for the showring!

And you though it was natural to have that high tail carriage!

Peter