View Single Post
Old 6th Nov 2020, 12:52 am   #29
Refugee
Dekatron
 
Refugee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Posts: 5,549
Default Re: Ridiculous thoughts and ideas from a young age

I can remember finding an MES neon bulb and me and a mate wired it up to a plug using one of those screw terminal bulb holders one of us had pinched from the science lab.
When we switched it on it took a Victorian photograph complete with the sound of the powder based flash. We just did not have a Victorian camera let alone one with film in it.
It did not have a built in series resistor so our "mains" bulb was now well and truly melted although the holder survived.
Refugee is online now