You ever cook hot dogs with the plug, cord, and two nails?

Christopher A. Young
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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:07:23 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"

The concept of dangerous electrical circuits brings back all kinds of
nostalgic memories.

When I worked for a film company (a 1000 years ago) there were two
favorite ways of boiling water for coffee on location:

1) A large wattage resistor connected directly to mains used as an
immersion heater. Note: The mains were 220V.

2) A cup with two plates on top of each other but not touching, each
connected to mains. Pour water directly into the cup, plug in. This
arrangement boiled water literally in 3 seconds.

Yet the only mortality I remember was work-related: A broken cable
under water.

Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC