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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim Franklin
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:57 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: ] More stupid electrical tricks...


I grew up in Chicago and my dad had an electronic design company he ran out
of our basement. I used to impress my friends by plugging small value
capacitors into an extension cord, put them in a metal garbage can, and plug
the cord in. We got a kick out of the explosion and mess of foil that would
line the garbage can. Only on one occasion the cap didn't blow, but the
electrical conduits above our heads started vibrating and making a terrible
groaning type noise as it seemed like the entire floor started vibarting and
shaking. My father set a record for running down the stairs to see what we
were doing. Needless to say we never blew up capacitors again.

And I won't even go into the high voltage circuits we would attach to door
knobs!

Mike

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