Man shoots electricity out from his hand

Halon50says...

I want to upvote this, but then some dumb kids will want to try this despite the very clear warning at the beginning... DO NOT, DO NOT EVER try to touch the capacitors inside a CRT or power supply!

choggiesays...

Wanna impress yer friends without killin' yerself:
1. Get a lamp cord, bare the wires at the end.

2. Make a break about midway, on one half of the cord, and connect a light bulb, or some other form of resistance, in that mid-break.
3. Plug the thing into 110, careful not to touch yer jury-rig to anything conductive or flammable.

4. Complete the circuit, by gripping the bare ends loosely at first(you will feel a small amount of current, kinda tickles); the harder you grip, the more current you feel, the light will light up and brighten as you sqeeze, and the muscles in your arms will contract, and the life-giving current, will have you feeling like a quack doctor's penile disfunction device from the 20's, without the Hard-on!



(® ™choggie holds hisself' 'demnified, from any other result, resulting from the inability of some nuvo-Jackass, to follow simple instrustions.)

joedirtsays...

Wanna impress yer friends without killin' yerself:
1. Get a lamp cord, bare the wires at the end.

2. Make a break about midway, on one half of the cord, and connect a light bulb, or some other form of resistance, in that mid-break.
3. Plug the thing into 110, careful not to touch yer jury-rig to anything conductive or flammable.

4. Complete the circuit, by gripping the bare ends loosely at first(you will feel a small amount of current, kinda tickles); the harder you grip, the more current you feel, the light will light up and brighten as you sqeeze, and the muscles in your arms will contract, and the life-giving current, will have you feeling like a quack doctor's penile disfunction device from the 20's, without the Hard-on!


Of course, also don't try choggie's fun at home either. 110 current across yer heart is a good way to die. Even with a 60 ohm lightbulb in series...

Hazardous Voltage
Contact for only 1 to 3 sec with currents of only 6 to 200 mA can cause electrocution by disrupting the normal rhythm of heart muscles, resulting in fibrillation and leading to death. An example of how little voltage or current it takes to electrocute a person is the 120V/15W nightlight. Drawing 125 mA, this seemingly innocuous everyday object has enough voltage and current to put it well within the danger zone.


Now the human body resistance changes based on moisture, voltage and frequency. Less than 42-48 volts is considered safe for DC voltage, because your skin / body resistance is just too high. Your body is basically somewhere from 10k to 100k resistor at 100V and 60Hz (maybe even as low as 1k depending on humidity, perspiration, etc). So grabbing choggies lamp cord sounds fun, but does a 100 ohm bulb in series even impact the lethal current you can get? Nope, just drops the current around 10%.

So even if you follow choggie's Darwin-Award-winning instructions to the letter, you still may get a permanent hard-on... rigamortis. Here is some more reading so choggie can brush up on his killing people skills.

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