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Feb 3, 2008 | 01:08 PM

#11

jwakamud

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um. . .

2 weeks.

[i remember once i pulled the power cord out of my VCR, wove the cables together, then plugged it in to the outlet. blew out the fuses for half of the house. i was in middle school at the time]

Feb 3, 2008 | 02:07 PM

#12

*B2*

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From: Illinois

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I never measure my batteries by the hour... Rolling Eyes But they do last a very, very long time. Wink

Ummm... what exactly are the batteries powering??

Feb 3, 2008 | 04:36 PM

#13

88bonnsse

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From: allentown, pa--brooklyn, ny

is that a home made pottery wheel i see. :?:

Feb 3, 2008 | 05:10 PM

#14

singscountry1967

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From: North of Buffalo, NY *** NEBF '05, '06, '07 *** ***ONBF & NYBF 06; 07*** ***WCBF 06***

singscountry1967 is on a distinguished road

...flashlights, of course.

Wow...you guys really went off topic on this one (I only veered off road a bit). Warning...do not stick wires into electrical sockets that are not meant to be done so.

Now...Haro... how long did it last or is it still going?

Feb 3, 2008 | 05:50 PM

#15

Peterg22000

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my question is, what are you playing?

Feb 3, 2008 | 08:33 PM

#16

sandrock

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From: In your garage, swipin' da lug nutz

You really should use lemons. We made a lemon clock last a month in my electronics class.

Feb 3, 2008 | 10:40 PM

#17

harofreak00

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From: Purgatory

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Originally Posted by singscountry1967

Now...Haro... how long did it last or is it still going?

still going. about 36 hours now

I'm playing a custom burned CD

Feb 4, 2008 | 12:42 AM

#18

GonneVille

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Want a lesson in torture testing? I had a Radio Shack RC car a long tie ago, ran on 8 AAs. I wired in another 8 just to see what would happen. Thing went really, REALLY fast, then caught on fire....fun while it lasted, though...