Re: Vegetable Semiconductors

John Woodgate <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In message <ebf20v$754$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dated Thu, 10 Aug 2006,
Georg Acher <acher@xxxxxxxxx> writes

Why? This is a popular party trick and school experiment (done by the
teacher of course). It works very well with pickles (green light) and
sausages (yellow light and very ugly smell). The sausage light should
be done in free air anyway, as some types like to explode ;-)

European mains produces a large enough current to cause really energetic
explosions, enough to cause injury, particularly to eyes. The
electrolysed vegetable has negative resistance, so the current is
usually large enough to cause the fuse or circuit breaker to operate.
That may be OK with sissy Continental 6 A supplies, (;-) but in UK we
have 13 A supplies, making a BIG bang more likely.

The *plugs* are fused at up to 13A, but the stuff from the socket to the
distribution panel is 30A.


Tim
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  • Re: Vegetable Semiconductors
    ... It works very well with pickles and sausages (yellow light and very ugly smell). ... That may be OK with sissy Continental 6 A supplies, but in UK we have 13 A supplies, making a BIG bang more likely. ... John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK ...
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  • Re: Vegetable Semiconductors
    ... sausages (yellow light and very ugly smell). ... European mains produces a large enough current to cause really energetic ... That may be OK with sissy Continental 6 A supplies, ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
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