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@Pantangelini

Ok.... which has nothing to do with what you continued to argue a m,oment ago, which was that the democrats were uninformed. stated this several times times... weird, wonder why I wasnt able to read your mind...

So what you meant when you kept saying "Why is it so hard to accept there are no topics that democrats are actually informed on." was actually "Hey im offended you pointed out that republicans are idiots cause im one of them!", gotcha!

I dont really care if your a republican or democrat, but at least say what you mean, not something completely unrelated then act surprised you confused people.

@Pantangelini

You a little off or something? At no point did I say democrats were informed on anything, I said the opposite, that, like the republicans, they are rarely informed. In fact that was what the whole point of the original post.

You are literally arguing against something no one disagreed with you on...

@Pantangelini

Neither the republicans or democrats are particularly informed about too much sadly... I mean most people just arent that bright.

@Pantangelini same for republicans.. the only difference between the two is which topics they choose to be uninformed and aggressive about.

@JonKramer Happy to help! :)

Just a reminder, the Democrats, who have largely exclusively pushed for gun laws, have given us the following mess:

Guns must cause ear damage -- devices which lower the sound to just below the threshold of causing ear damage are illegal.

Guns with barrels less than 16" must be designed in a way that they are extra hard to aim, making it a much higher risk that you will shoot someone accidentally... Only guns longer than 16" can be easy to aim.

Yet somehow people are baffled when I say the democrats have largely done more harm to the topic of gun control than good... every time they propose or pass a law it is complete nonsensical, largely because they dont even bother to under the very thing they want to legislate.

#2A #gun #Guns

@skobkin if they are lead-acid batteries they should handle it fairly well... if you hook them together (series or parallel) they should remain balanced..

that said just short one of your outlets, lol. The worst that could happen is you burn your house down :)

"No prize is worth obtaining if you cant share it, there would be no point" -- Stargate SG-1

#quote #Quotes

@skobkin just use it to short a 12V car battery and it will go up pretty fast.

@skobkin That said I have run it at high voltages of (40ish V) and it goes up almost instantly at that voltage/current. Just not what I'm running it at today.

@skobkin no, 40V but i should have said 3.2A since it is current limited and for short runs of pencil "lead" it is only running at about 5V.

@Ianhorsewell While I have never tested this, I would expect there to be yes...

When the carbon gets hot it starts to react with the atmosphere producing CO2 as gas (though no noticeable flame) this causes the graphite to thin out. As it gets thinner its resistance goes up and it gets hotter, and brighter. As such it will start a dull red and slowly thin out as it gets to a blinding white light, at the end it breaks apart in a final flash of bright white light and then the circuit is broken.

I would expect in a vacuum the carbon would remain unreacted and likely wouldnt have the same runaway reaction.

@jordinn

Isnt that virtually the same thing though... like grow a bunch of trees, and bury them and their leaves in the ground.. its the exact same process that created the oil and as long as you put in as much CO2 as you get out your break even... whats the problem?

@Ianhorsewell a classic indeed.

The thing i find fun about the pencil lead is just how insanely bright it gets... it will cause eye damage if you look at it.

I love running 40V across 0.5mm pencil lead and watching it evaporate into gas in a flash of blinding white light :)