>> ^deathcow:
Notice the holes are pre-drilled. Do you think they pumped that melon full of something combustible?

Nah. That multi-strand AWG is still pretty hard to push through things, since it's not solid core, and if you were using solid core wire you might get a nasty effect from it too.

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
I think Gallagher just came in his pants.


I think you should keep thoughts like this to yourself.

>> ^Payback:
Probably something simple like flash-boiled the water in the melon. I doubt it could have created enough hydrogen and oxygen to explode that quickly.

What he said, decomposition wouldn't happen so instantly.

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>> ^JiggaJonson:
"This is your brain...ON ELECTRICITY!"


Any Questions?

>> ^Razor:
>> ^deathcow:
Notice the holes are pre-drilled. Do you think they pumped that melon full of something combustible? I guess they are pretty wet inside (I've never American Pie'd one or anything.)

I'd take the guess that such a large amount of direct current caused the water in the watermelon to decompose rapidly to hydrogen and oxygen. Both would expand rapidly, being partial cause to the explosion as pressure inside increased. Additionally, the combination of gases is highly combustible, and any spark generated between the electrodes would be enough to cause them to ignite, causing an additional pressure increase and explosion.


I think the electricity made it explode.

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>> ^deathcow:
Notice the holes are pre-drilled. Do you think they pumped that melon full of something combustible? I guess they are pretty wet inside (I've never American Pie'd one or anything.)


I'd take the guess that such a large amount of direct current caused the water in the watermelon to decompose rapidly to hydrogen and oxygen. Both would expand rapidly, being partial cause to the explosion as pressure inside increased. Additionally, the combination of gases is highly combustible, and any spark generated between the electrodes would be enough to cause them to ignite, causing an additional pressure increase and explosion.

>> ^kronosposeidon:
Juicy. Makes the thought of torture via electrodes on the nut sack that much more scary.

That was something you were spending your time thinking about?

It is NOT impervious you stupid fucks. Learn some physics. First of all, EM frequencies over a few (tens?) of kHz can go right through this faraday cage.

Also this high voltage might also easily penetrate the chicken wire. The thing is that the path to ground is less resistance to follow the chicken wire then to go past it. If you had a huge grounded copper wire on the other side of the chicken wire it would go right "through" it to the wire in your hand.

In fact it appears the chicken wire doesn't even need to be there, all the arc'ing is to the large metal rods that support the cage. The chicken wire probably isn't doing jack shit.

Finally, it isn't even a faraday cage, because I see hige gaps between the two horizontal support rods.

Stupidest title ever.

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^There's another project, The Polywell reactor, which skips the heat engine part and outputs high voltage DC power directly from the fusion process.

http://www.videosift.com/video/500KV-switch-fails-in-Nevada-20-meter-spark-ensues

i got all electrified too.. but it wasnt to be.