Mario Mendes Jr. wrote:
> Virtually the same story from me, but instead of an electromagnet, I
> used a small dc motor I had ripped out of a toy =)

I tried it with a neon bulb, although I had a pretty good idea what would
happen and stood away by the fuse box.

In college we sacrificed a telephone mouthpiece in the same way.  We knew it
would go poof, but it was more spectacular than I had expected.  A really
nice orange flame shot out about 3 feet.


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