As a teenager I had some experience with tongues and electricity. One was actually lips I'd demonstrate the slight tingle from a 1.5V AA cell between the lips, then hand my victim a similar sized 22.5V photoflash battery! On an other occasion I tried to strip a length of bell wire / zip-cord with my teeth. Unknown to me my brother had plugged the other end into the mains (UK 240V AC) when I wasn't in the room. Neither resulted in permanent damage but I couldn't taste a thing for about a week.
Please be careful out there! Robert G8RPI. ________________________________ From: Michael Baker <mp...@clanbaker.org> To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 16:23 Subject: [time-nuts] Tongue Testing battery charge levels.... Hello, TimeNutters-- I have used the "tip-of-the-tongue" test for determining the state of charge of batteries for many years when my bench meters are elsewhere. The strength of the bitter taste is proportional to the voltage and I have gotten pretty good at estimating the charge condition of the ubiquitus little 9 volt batteries as well as a few others to within +/- one volt or two. I recommend not using this procedure for anything over a 12 volt battery as above that level the bitter taste turns into an unpleasant bite. Mike Baker ------------------------- _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.