scayerlextrick
I connected my scalectric car up to the mains using the lead from my radio-
Method
1- pulled off the track connector from the car,
2- took the motor leads off it, and
3- stripped them using the standard 'between the teeth' stripping method..
4- Then poked them into the radio lead holes.
Results/conclusions
The car went about 2 feet very fast.
The car caught fire
I panicked
I picked up the car and threw it in the bin.
The bin was metal. Win.
The bin was full of paper. Fail.
I picked up the bin, flames getting bigger.
I ran through the house with the 'experiment'
Out into the garden and tipped it out..
And stomped all the bits out. My dad was sleeping on the couch at the time.
I cried a bit..
Then rinsed the bin out and cleaned off all the soot.
Then restored order to the house.
My dad wakes.
'why does the house smell like burning?'
'Eeeerm, next door had a bonfire...'
'why are all the windows open?
'Eeeeerm, I liked the smell...'
'Oh ok you silly twat- close the Windows'

Got away Scot free.. But the blisters really did hurt like fuck for weeks afterwards!
Unsurprisingly I'm an electrical engineer now.. Things haven't changed much....
(bangthedrum, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 20:32, 2 replies)

I've set a few fires in the house.
Cardboard doesn't hold the flame ss well as metal.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 5:11, closed)

I read that a bit too quickly first time
And missed the bit where you were just connecting to the motor of the car.

I had a picture of you having connected the track to the mains.
(username failed moderation, Tue 14 Aug 2012, 8:40, closed)