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Article #22375Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
From: Peter Swain
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 07:30
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 07:30
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grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) writes:
>Does anyone out there have some firsthand experience in destroying various
>electronic items for sick-minded amusement ? I would like to share some of
>mine and hear from others.
Old tubes (in ancient gear you're about to junk ...):
crack the nipple off underwater (or hacksaw a small hole if it's
a really big, old beast with nipple on bottom).
This fills the beast with water.
Now put it back in situ, and turn on.
Water boils & bubbles & electrolyses for a long time, until the
level gets down to the heater. This burns out, igniting the
H2 & O2 filling the tube. POP! glass shatters, usually in a neat
crack around the base ..
You've stirred ancient memories, I haven't done this for 20 years!
--
Peter Swain - Softway Pty Ltd (swine@softway.oz)
79 Myrtle St, Chippendale, NSW, Australia
PHONE: +61-2-698-2322 UUCP: uunet!softway.oz!swine
FAX: +61-2-699-9174 INTERNET: swine@softway.oz.au
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!cluster!softway!swine From: swine@softway.oz (Peter Swain) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: <2648@softway.oz> Date: 23 Feb 90 07:30:01 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> Organization: Softway Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Lines: 22