So is it OK or not to lick your circuit boards?
-Colin
I don't know - but I do it all the time. :)
Jim
what ever blows your skirt up :twisted: i find that my tongue is better suited for other things. at least that's what my wife says. 8)
sorry,
had to say it.
i use my multimeter.
peace,
- tom
Quote from: troubledtomwhat ever blows your skirt up :twisted: i find that my tongue is better suited for other things. at least that's what my wife says. 8)
sorry,
had to say it.
i use my multimeter.
peace,
- tom
I found that testing a 9volt that way, for the amnoubt of years I've done it, has helped my tongue. :wink:
Quote from: troubledtomwhat ever blows your skirt up :twisted: i find that my tongue is better suited for other things. at least that's what my wife says. 8)
sorry,
had to say it.
i use my multimeter.
peace,
- tom
Normally tom if anyone other than you or gringo had said that, i would have instantly gone into smart A** mode and come with a comeback. but i have to agree with ya.
I used to think it was OK until someone had to perform CPR on me when my heart stopped after testing a 9V battery with my tongue.
OK, I'm just kidding. 8)
My dad showed me that trick when I was a little boy, been doing it for many years now.
You guys lick your circuit boards?
OK, now that's the strangest thing I have heard.... :roll:
Quote from: aronYou guys lick your circuit boards?
OK, now that's the strangest thing I have heard.... :roll:
lol
Quote from: aronYou guys lick your circuit boards?
OK, now that's the strangest thing I have heard.... :roll:
Basically the same thing as licking a 9v battery, so long as you don't have anything that raises the current too much :wink:
-Colin
Quote from: aronYou guys lick your circuit boards?
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that's a fettish. :?
Heavy metals are bad to ingest. DMMs are accurate to more decimal places too.
-Peter
which leads to the question, which is a better conductor, saliva? Or water?
Quote from: anonymousexperimentalistBasically the same thing as licking a 9v battery, so long as you don't have anything that raises the current too much :wink:
-Colin
I’ve heard of ‘tongues’ that 9V batteries fit into (nudge nudge, know what I mean!), but never the other way round…
Say no more! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I like to stick the battery to my wife. :shock:
Regards
RDV
Try adding some salt!!! it Helps bring the flavor out...
Quote from: petemooreTry adding some salt!!! it Helps bring the flavor out...
The battery or the wife :?:
Egads :!:
RDV
Because saliva is a damn fine conductor, it is pretty easy to monitor the status of 9v's with one's tongue. After a while, you get to a point where you can probably "taste" the voltage within a few tenths of a volt (hmm, tastes like 7.8, time to replace). And no, Eric Johnson does NOT use a particular mouth rinse prior to licking his batteries in his Fuzz Face. :lol:
I caution any novice lickers that there is a BIG BIG difference between licking the snaps on a 9v and licking the snaps on a 6-D-cell holder, fully loaded. Although fresh alkalines can pack a bit of a kick, 9v batteries are probably the only instance where the voltage and current is within reasonable limits to permit survival of human taste buds and the body they inhabit. I would never apply my tongue to 9v supplied in any other manner, whether a 6-pack of AAA or larger.
Having said that, your mother would likely say "Do you KNOW where that battery has been?" Lick your own batteries, stay away from other people's, and don't give them your spit to taste.....unless you, uh, share more than musical "tastes". :wink:
...somehow, this all reminds me of that first REALLY bad sore throat...
Regards
RDV
If you're old enough to have any cavitys filled with amalgam ( a mercary-alloy used in filling in scandinavia when I was a kid..at least..) it could potentially be ..eh..not so good...with electrolyse in mind that is....
Johan
OK, with all this talk of batteries and tongues (if this was a wood working forum I guess we would say tongue in groove) it's time someone said it.
BIG MUFF PIE
Quote from: AnsilQuote from: troubledtomwhat ever blows your skirt up :twisted: i find that my tongue is better suited for other things. at least that's what my wife says. 8)
sorry,
had to say it.
i use my multimeter.
peace,
- tom
Normally tom if anyone other than you or gringo had said that, i would have instantly gone into smart A** mode and come with a comeback. but i have to agree with ya.
Actually, i had to restrain myself when i read this thread :twisted:
I better go take my night pill before it's too late...
I don't get it, I ask if it's OK for me to lick my circuit boards and everyone posts a comment about their habits in bed with their wife.
-Colin
Quote from: anonymousexperimentalistI don't get it, I ask if it's OK for me to lick my circuit boards and everyone posts a comment about their habits in bed with their wife.
-Colin
collin that is cause some of us here are perverts. some of us dont' just dont' openly say whats on our minds. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Is there some psyhcological connection between girlfriend/wives and stompboxes. If we are licking on both... :?:
there must be a connection, why else would they get upset when we spend many many hours licking things other than them? :P
Quote from: WGThickPresenceIs there some psyhcological connection between girlfriend/wives and stompboxes. If we are licking on both... :?:
For gods sakes don't tell them that! They hate what we do enuff now! Talk like that could have you licking stomps only! Mine sez the other day she sez: "I vacuumed under your workstation today, I hope you didn't need any of that stuff that was on the floor, god you're a pig!" and I sez: "No dear, I didn't need any of that" whilst gritting me teeth. She's got me children, you know.
Regards
RDV
Well since I am probably the only minor here I think I will just ignore all that ;) Na I don't care I thought it was rather amusing :mrgreen:
I guess it had to do with the licking ;)
Quote from: anonymousexperimentalistI don't get it, I ask if it's OK for me to lick my circuit boards and everyone posts a comment about their habits in bed with their wife.
Wife/goat/whatever - the Church of Latter-day Perverts is a broad one! (nudge nudge, know what I mean?!).
Ben and Colin:
No offense, guys.
You know all these comments are firmly...
tongue-in-cheek! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sorry! (Nah, not really.)
Quote from: RDVQuote from: WGThickPresenceMine sez the other day she sez: "I vacuumed under your workstation today, I hope you didn't need any of that stuff that was on the floor, god you're a pig!" and I sez: "No dear, I didn't need any of that" whilst gritting me teeth. She's got me children, you know.
Regards
RDV
That reminds me i have to vacuum under my worktable before my roomate returns!!!! (god, i am a pig) :)
David
Don't sweat it I would have cracked some rude jokes myself had i known any that fit here ;)
What's sad is that, after all this life experience and wisdom I'm supposed to have, I still crack rude jokes whether they fit or not! :mrgreen:
I'm reminded of that scene in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" when he licked a frozen metal pole outside a ski resort. :shock:
I simply draw the line at licking poles! No! No! No!
Regards
RDV
I remember shouting "No don't lick the pole!!!" :D that was fun ghehe :mrgreen:
Hey, ben isnt the only minor
I know I'm not the only minor but I don't feel that minor at all :mrgreen:
Speaking as an official "old fart old enough to be your dad" kind of guy, I think it's extremely cool for under 20 somethings to be involved in all this. I didn't start till last year & I was 39(OY VEY!). Well it's off to take my Geritol now. Ta!
Regards
RDV
Quote from: RDVSpeaking as an official "old fart old enough to be your dad" kind of guy....
That's a funny realization. :lol:
Ben, if I had a son after getting out of high school, he would be a little older than you. Damn, that's funny to me somehow.
You are one cool kid! 8) 8) 8)
My hat is off to anybody that gets into a hobby that involves learning a technical trade, regardless of age, but it's especially cool to me when teenagers dig into such a thing. :D
Take care,
-Peter
Hey,
Ok, this isn't really answering the question, but it is somewhat relevant (And no, I'm not gonna tell you about me and my girlfriends 'exploits').
I read in some book on tube amps that human skin has a resistance in the tens of thousands of ohms but when you have an open wound, the area within the wound is reduced to about a hundred or so ohms. I don't know how many amperes it takes to kill you but presumably if you applied 9V to an open wound at 100 ohms you'd have 0.09 amps going through you. However, there's probably more to it than ohms law, but anyway, according to this book, there were heaps of people dieing in hospitals in the 50's due to open wounds being exposed to small voltages...kinda crazy :shock:
...Incidently, how many girls make stompboxes?...
Tim
Quote from: Guitar Dude...Incidently, how many girls make stompboxes?...
If they're reading this thread, there probably won't be many. The only one I've ever heard of is Kate Ebetner, and she doesn't hang out here for some reason. I think it's directly proportional to the number of female guitar players, a shame actually.
Regards
RDV
RDV:
Yes, Kate has not checked in here in a long while. She is missed.
As for female guitarists, there are lots of them. Most, however, seem to languidly strum acoustics with capo firmly glued in place at the 5th fret or above. It would be cool to have a Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt or Joan Jett pay us a visit. 8)
Quote from: petemooreTry adding some salt!!! it Helps bring the flavor out...
:lol:
LMAO!
I find the batteries go better w/ a bit of ketchup!
Quote from: Peter SnowbergBen, if I had a son after getting out of high school, he would be a little older than you. Damn, that's funny to me somehow.
You are one cool kid! 8) 8) 8)
Thanks Peter I'm flattered :D
I believe it takes about 5 milliamps through the heart to kill you (and that's not much! :shock: ). Although I have a feeling my dad passed his heart complaints over to me with his genes :( A while back in physiscs class there was this thingy (I think it's called a weathering machine) where you spin a disk and it charges to about 35 kilovolts. Everyone held hands and the nanoamps of current flowed through all of us and my chest hurt for a day :( Oh well, lesson learnt: Don't play with weathering machines.
I get physics in english, special education :D It's fun though, a few of my classmates can't get their head around a resistor and basic principles like voltage and current, and then I explain it to them in Dutch (and without all the physics jargon) and they get it right away. 8) Kinda makes you feel good 8)
It sounds like you are speaking of a Wimhurst Generator. :)
When I was in 4th grade, I wired up an ignition coil from a model-A Ford to a 300 watt clear lightbulb. The coil has a built in vibrator so is sounds like a buzzer when connected to power and it puts out a nice stream of sparks at roughly 30KV. No distributor or other oscillator required.
The bulb had some nice "lightning" inside and then when you touched the lamp surface, you would get a very strong discharge from the wires inside to your hand.
In 6th grade, I brought it in to class. I had all 30 students hold hands and I touched bulb while the last person in line held a fluorescent tube. The tube put out some good light. :D
It was the talk of the school for the rest of the day. :lol:
I don't think you could get away with such things these days.
Take care,
-Peter