[Robotgroup] BS2 to Sabretooth 2x10 RCMC?

[Andre Lamothe]

You're kidding? You never rubbed a 9V against steel wool? That's one of the 
oldest tricks in the book along with spud guns.

But, if you really want to see something crazy try a larger current source 
like a 12V lantern battery then you will really see some cool stuff. When I 
was like 4-5 years old, I used to go into my moms cleaning stuff, take the 
SOS pads, wash them of their soap and then burn them all up :) My poor mom 
always thought she used them up :)

Andre'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Atkinson" <pmatkinson at gmail.com>
To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] BS2 to Sabretooth 2x10 RCMC?


> Wow, I have not yet used steel wool in my electronics, so I didn't know
> about this. I've accidentally shorted a 9V battery with a resistor lead 
> and
> while it got hot, it didn't start a fire.
>
> Learned something new. Thanks...
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 8/20/08, Vern Graner <vern at txis.com> wrote:
>>
>> Paul Atkinson wrote:
>>
>>> The 9V battery would not cause fire.
>>>
>>
>> Au Contraire, Mon Frere!
>>
>> http://www.ehow.com/how_2105878_start-fire-steel-wool-9.html
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P8KkXF_w9E
>>
>> ;)
>>
>> Vern
>>
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