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15 Comments
choggiesays...Human resistance, easily achieved-gotta get over the initial "shock"..but anyone can do it, harmless.....oh and calloused hands help!
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!
Farhad2000says...Exactly how did he find this ability out?
And I agree with Halon50.
But if it's not this it's going to be something else so why bother.
dw1117says...*sarcastic voice*
Wow, I cant wait to stick my finger in a wall socket. Thanks videosift!
antsays...Is he a sith with dark force powers?
pho3n1xsays..."Exactly how did he find this ability out?"
I'm sure being a television repair man, you expose yourself to opportunities on a daily basis.
1zin1says...i was just about to say that pho3n1x
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.)
LadyBugsays...did he do this before or AFTER inhaling alcohol from the hookah?!?!
joedirtsays...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
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.
viewer_999says...Please, someone, hook up that narrator to the capacitor instead.
rembarsays...Volts jolt, but mills kill. I, for one, am not welcoming our new electrified overlords. As for rigor mortis, the *ahem* stiffness only lasts about a day and a half.
xxovercastxxsays...*dead
siftbotsays...This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by xxovercastxx.
siftbotsays...Awarding rasch187 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.
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