Question for all the computer nerds
My mouse doesn't fit in it's charger station thingy anymore. If I get a pair of copper wires and tape them to the charger points on the mouse and the charger will that work? Or would I be wasting my time and money?
Little help please b3tans.

Thanks
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:08, 16 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

What did you do to it to make it no longer fit in the charger station anymore?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:13, Reply)

I don't know!!!
It's just a peice of shit as far as I can tell. It's so huge MrKitty calls it the rat. The first time ir 5 it charged fine, since then it's been getting progressively more shit and held together with rubberbands when charging and now seems to have just given up. I secretly hate it but MrKitty loves it so I thought I'd ask you lit for help.

Thanks for your answers. Now it's 2am here and I'm going to sleep.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 17:03, Reply)

Probably
You only have to make sure the electricity/magic can flow, so copper wires should suffice (are the contacts on the charging station made from copper?)
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:14, Reply)

Yes
That's why I thought of it in the first place.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Exposed wires are fun!

(PsychoChomp, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:19, Reply)

this is true
better stick it all underwater for safety
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:23, Reply)

Firstly, I'm gonna have to ask the same question as Becky: How?
Secondly, as Chomp said, exposed wires are fun. But the current flowing to charge your mouse should be minimal, so should be safe.

Thirdly, it should be fine, just don't use hugely thick wire.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:20, Reply)

?!
Surely a slightly thicker wire is preferable - I'm sure you're right in that it's only a small charge flowing to the mouse, but if the resistance of the wire is inversely proportional to its cross-sectional area, surely a slightly thicker wire will heat up less and therefore be less of a hazard?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:28, Reply)

But,
Will the thicker wire not present a greater resistance though?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:36, Reply)

No,
I know it can seem counter-intuitive, but as I said, the resistance is inversely proportional to its cross-sectional area, so as the wire gets thicker, the resistance goes down.

Think about it like a given volume of water flowing through a pipe - the same amount of water would meet less physical resistance flowing through a fatter pipe than through a narrower one. It's a similar situation with the flow of electrons.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Damn it!
I'm losing my physics knowledge. I really should know these things.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:46, Reply)

:)
www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/899998/Physics-For-Dummies
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:48, Reply)

Yeah, use the thinnest possible wire you can find.
If you can get it to glow hot, that means it's working better.

Edit: balls.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:28, Reply)

I would like it remembered
That I didn't say use the thinnest wire, just not overly thick wire.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:36, Reply)

I would like it remembered
that I was just buggering about.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 10:45, Reply)

Answer the most important question please.
Why doesn't it fit any more?

I can't bring myself to do a poo until I find out.

Quick before the turtlehead strikes!
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Mon 21 Sep 2009, 11:41, Reply)