You can really see the spark of creativity with this idea
shocking dicovery
And quite current
Hot!
this one truly does spark joy…
Is there a just rolled into the shop on Lemmy yet?
I think the handle’s a little short
The maker is probably not aware of the current battery sizes
He might be schocked by a batteries potential
While making such devices, one should be grounded to reality to avoid making such mistakes
We don’t know. There is no banana for scale.
Banana plugs for scale
The three types of circuit:
- short circuit
- long circuit
- banana circuit
Quick hand warmer.
And warmer!
In short, this is a battery handle.
It will unleash the battery’s potential
Might be terminal though
Perhaps, but I think we’ll see a high level of resistance.
That might be a hot take.
Are you positive? It’s a negative over here
Correct, horse!
Battery staple.
Yes yes fun fun. In real life, I have some pretty huge batteries and there is a handle on each but the handle is a non-conductive rope.
I once made a deadplug, I was kinda distracted and ended up with a cable with two male plugs. Hangs on my shop wall as memento for “focus on what you’re doing” or something.
Reminds me of this.
It’s a suicide cord. Works great for generators
Just remember to cut it when you dispose the battery, so that sea turtles won’t get stuck in it.
Perfectly. Legal. Thrill.
Hmm. Giving it away a bit here. He cringes well before it discharges.
Obviously, Mehdi is an electrical engineer. The “dumb guy making things explode” is a persona he puts up to teach people about the dangers and wonders of electricity.
That’s… immensely cool. I wish him luck in his dangerous endeavors.
Does he have a youtube channel or sth
ElectroBoom, 6 million subs if I’m not mistaken
ohhhhhhh I’ve heard that name, but I’ve never watched him.
I should.
Oh he new it was gonna be spicy
Ooo a budget space heater
I was going to say, automatic heating on the handle. Nice features!
It was the last thing they made
With that hand, anyway.
Say you made this, but insulated… does a car battery have enough structural strength in the terminals, though? I imagine you’re left holding a handle with two terminals and half a cell stuck to each.
I work in an auto parts warehouse:
Yeah, they’d be fine. It’s surprisingly difficult to break them apart. The load would spread out to almost the full width of the battery on either end (ie the plates attached to the terminals against the underside of the lid). Some of the models I ship use plastic straps that hook onto the seam between the lid and base and you can really toss em around before they take damage. (some people are less than gentle with parts :/ but I’m not the manager so 🤷)
Some of the larger batteries with screw terminals might not survive, but the ones where these clamp style are used would be fine.
… It’s conducive
Say you made this, but insulated…
Ah, I missed the root comment
And a face full of acid, I imagine
You just gotta use long screws to firmly connect it to the battery, or else it slips off.
Took me a min to realize…
I am a “ask me anything” Tech, ask me anything!
electroBOOM ⚡
Why does it smell like BBQ in here?
If it’s plastic, then it’s fine.
A bit of copper would spice things up
better if it’s rubber
It can melt plastic does that count?
Plastic isn’t a conductor, so the current wouldn’t travel between the posts across the handle.
Metal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.
Yes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other
I was making a joke using the metal handle and melting plastic, instead of using the plastic as the handle.