POP!

[deguspice]

What happens when you accidentally short a 9V battery with a paperclip?




The battery makes a very loud POP noise and expells some of its guts.




Ann was not pleased that the battery was less than three feet away from her when this happened.

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[xthread.livejournal.com]

Ann was not pleased that the battery was less than three feet away from her when this happened.

Sadly, not that unreasonable a sentiment.
But it looks Really Cool!

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

if you use a regulated circuit as in a LED flashlight, to run an AA to "near zero", they pop. messy too.

i'd expect a fresh paper clip with thin wire to get hot first... i've actually had as a test, some alligator clips hooked first to a 9-v battery, then the other ends to an stape, then run for it. the staple gets... oh... red hot. sometimes melts. sometimes doesn't. battery goes pop.

supposedly if you do the same, with a car battery and heavy HEAVY wires and an electrical conduit staple, well, plasma :> enough energy to impart starting engergy to ... other reactions.

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[jane-oh-my.livejournal.com]

your journal is a lot of fun. may i add you as a friend?

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I'm pleased that you like my occasional posts. I try to make them interesting.

Feel free to add yourself. I regret that I probably won't reciprocate. As it is, I don't have enough time to read the journals of the people I know.

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

And the text turns to French! Oh, wow.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

The other side of the battery has English text, but I decided it was less attractive because I scribbled on it the date/month it was installed in a smoke detector.