On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 12:36 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> 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.

In high school, for no particular reason, we went through a phase of
"stick wires in the outlet and bridge with a piece of metal", no real
reason, we all just felt like doing it! :) Put some really nice dents in
some screwdrivers...

My favourite "electrical" thing in high school was actually not very
dangerous. Take the 0.5mm lead out of a mechanical pencil, make it about
an inch long, and then put low voltage DC through it (around 6-12V).
Glows as brightly as a light bulb, for a second or two... VERY neat! :)
TTYL

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