Duncans post was so funny I had to post it here
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On the outskirts of the sun kissed beaches of S.O.W.A.T.O in South Africa there lies a sweet little multi racial prison known as Diepkloof charmingly nick named “sun city” after Its less less popular name sake the holiday gambling resort Sun city Sun City South Africa |*Sun City South Africa
Normally In the quiet of a summers evening after their cocktails the prisoners in sun city
http://www.iafrikaphotos.co.za/img_u...sipri00092.jpgwhilst waiting for the guard's to bring in their coco and tuck them in, would fancy a cup of tea, being
totally fearless (unlike me) they would make one of these (allegedly) out of the top quality government issued silver spoons
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m...ober242011.jpgof course there's a little bit of flex between the handles to stop big bangs!
using a light bulb that had “accidentally” been broken the “quests” would connect the water heater to the light fitting in their luxury suits.
I have the advantage of insulating tape and extension leads and RCDs and plugs and sockets and switches and I'm an electrician to boot, I now, do not find it surprising that South Africa abolished the Death Penalty with prisoners building these bloody things It was probably surplus to requirement.
Even as an electrician I still don’t like this much still for the advancement of science.....
and anyway like South Africa I'm on 240 volts and 50hz here in the UK unlike you Jessie 110 volt guys! Unfortunately I don’t have a temperature probe to hand and I'm certainly not in a lab but in a vague attempt to get some sort of figures I'm using 400ml of iced water in a jam jar (you can still see a few ice cubes floating at the start) and I intend to time it to boiling whilst observing the current.
The video is in real time you can see me plug the contraption in and watch it to boiling point. By all means do your own calculation. I had difficulty focusing the camera on the analogue meter however it is constantly in circuit and set to 10 amps FSD, Its movement is undetectable at the start of the heating cycle, It rises momentary to perhaps 1.75 amps during heating period (Its a poor scale) and drops back down to about 0.3 amps when the water is boiling furiously (strange that) if you watch the mirror reflection you will see it. This is all extremely dangerous children but I would be delighted to hear of this duplicated. bubble.wmv - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teAksvLyaJ0It also crosses my mind that the two cone arrangement of Peter (providing the cones were air tight) would limit the water to metal contact area even if the thing was totally submerged so saving all those fuses! Although I don’t seem to be getting anything like the current draw of core despite being on 240 volts! The Tuning and harmonics may or may not be a “red herring” well girls and boys video isn't the method for scientific investigation everything here could be a forgery … It isn't! why forge anything that could be duplicated by anyone in 10 minutes? Of course I have to say – don’t ever ever do this.... its suicidal and only done by lunatics who have got fed up being fired out of cannons! BUT....
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