no. I closed my eyes when it flashed, kept them closed, calmly walked to the sink and rinsed off. It was a friday night, I changed and went out. Jesus spared me yet again, many close calls, from almost falling off a mountian, to not having my parachute open in a high speed malfunction, and others.
no it is not a pleasent Xperience. Back in the olden days when I was a young wiper snap I shorted t (+) to chassis grd. The battery was fresh off charge and located in the rear compartment behind the seat.
i thought my battery was dead because the truck wouldnt turn over. I put my meter across the battery and kaboom
as a matter of fact I did
have you ever had a battery explode in your face
He wants to do this expermiment w/ a very old dead battery.
The assumpution is, " that can a very old, very dead battery have enough potential to radiate a broadband signal across the frequency spectrum and signal someone or something."
Micro volt signals can radiate very far, maybe into the cosmos. Detection is another matter, and I dont think there are little green men trying to listen. As for exploding in your face w/ a very dead battery, I dont think so.
Buy a battery at the junkyard. They can be as cheap as 20 bucks. Sears has some new batteries for as little as 50 bucks. Don't short a battery, you can get burned, start a fire, or have the battery explode in your face. Never assume it's dead, assume it can always hurt you.
Seriously, go to the junk yard and get a very old battery.
1st, short the battery w/ a wire to be sure there is no arc.
2nd, take an ammeter and place the setting on the highest current and short it across the battery, check for indication working down to micro amps. This will give an indication of any current or life in the battery.
3rd, do you have access to a spectrum analyser, or an electromagnic receiver (hi proformance radio), and antennas rod, biconical, and conical log. A simple set up to measure electro-magnetic interference (EMI) radiation can be performed.
Set up the receiver and antennas then short out the battery and check measurements.
As a free note, there are companies that do that sort of measurement for the military. If you are working for the dis. channel ( if its not tax payers money), have a military contractor do the test.
I did work in this field for a while, that where I gained my knowledge.
A newer battery will charge its self and regain some potential if kept warm. So if your camping on the dark side of the moon and leave the lights on in the moon raker; build a small fire, put the battery close enough to warm up, pull the cosmo antenna off of your communication transponding suit, get to short wires from the transport shuttle ( DO NOT PULL THEM FROM THE RETRO BOASTERS), clamp the wires to the anode and cathode of the battery while tapping them on the antenna. Try to code out " S. O. S. " for rescue.
Les Stroutes take envey.
The battery is a brick after 15 years, guaranteed
What kind of items would you have???? gas or deisle engine??
automatic or standerd transmission????any tools ??? ther are ways to charge a battery but we need to see the full picture of the problem
Interesting...... Any chance you are ET, and are broke down here on Earth with a dead battery, and trying to phone home?