Dangers of Electricity & Elec. Burns: Slightly-Mad Science

Demonstration Material is Dangerously-Stupid, do not try this yourself.
From http://www.slightlymadscience.com
Ever want to try some electrical mad-science at home? Be warned, there are some dangers involved. 'Splodey hot-dogs are the least of them. Demo includes both household electricity and a high voltage transformer.

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Education

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• danger
• dangerous
• electricity
• science
• funny
• demonstration
• lightning
• humor
• voltage
• transformer

[RockGodZeppelin]

umm.... did he just eat the LED in that hot dog????

[TaoOfPooh26]

Nope, I took them out first. LED's give me indigestion.

[Booshibonton]

i think he was talking about the little white blob thing sticking out of the side of the hotdog just before you popped it in your mouth...kinda looked like a fat nugget or something, grooooose :<

[TaoOfPooh26]

It's cheese. Since it's a cheese dog, it has cheese inside. When they get hot, the cheese sometimes pops outta the hot dog.

[sciuri]

Interesting, was the sausage you took some bites from really one that had been cooked by current? The reason I ask is that I wonder what effect electrolysis might have on the chemical composition of what you are swallowing, hotdogs and sausage products contain a lot of salts.

I wonder if the hotdogs are rendered toxic by this process as a result of electrolysis, have you considered this? I've not seen the topic mentioned in any of the cooking by electricity videos I've watched.

[TaoOfPooh26]

Actually, there used to be small ovens that cooked meat by exactly that method. AC doesn't create electrolysis very well. You'd normally use DC for that. So while some salts might break down through electrolysis, it'd relatively negligible. Hot dogs aren't the greatest conductors anyhow (hence why they cook so readily due to relatively high resistance compared to say...copper).

[Eddyatusabe]

what do u mean you people?

[applesweeter]

you should add some honey before you electro-barbecue your saurage.

Nice and fast way to barbecue!!

[Shadowsi]

Oh I've been there! Had a few mains shocks myself. Not good. One time I put a plug into a wall socket and when I pulled it out, I just pulled the plastic case off. Trying to get two metal pins out of the socket, without a plug attached, is tough.

On another note, my GCSE Italian exam was about Hamtaro!

[Arthurb06]

Kill Hamtaro! Lolkololololol

[zezimashock]

i wanna shake your hand XD

[thisiswhat526]

lol! a pickle!!!

[TrowaRF]

So, how would you describe the flavour of that fake finger?

Looks lightning-y to me.

[rowzxoxo]

mackalalalalalal loo

[tikiman2781]

i know, its pretty sweet right? i thought it actualy was kinda cool, and if you didnt like it you can "go and jerk off" honestly, if you dont like something why do you watch it????

[tikiman2781]

and im guessing you do too