Got an old monitor? HACK IT!!!

[Wheezer]

Nice corral for the piggy bank

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Nice corral for the piggy bank

marked for future use

 

[Locut0s]

How to electrocute yourself 101

 

[dighn]

I had a lot of fun messing with the flyback output from an old TV. Got shocked a lot too. Heed that guy's warning :Q

 

[natto fire]

LOL @ the comments. Looks like the guy got bombarded by "the disclaimer crowd".

 

[grohl]

nice. Practical? not really.

 

[pulse8]

So if I want to steal this guy's stuff I just have to turn a monitor off?

 

[Auric]

"...and hundreds of other uses."

Poor kitty!

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: pulse8
So if I want to steal this guy's stuff I just have to turn a monitor off?

the fence will still have a charge for a time after the monitor's off

hence the discharge warning at the beginning of the video which you somehow forgot about

 

[ForumMaster]

posted on engadget a long time ago. even the data in your link says august 28th. still cool though. stupid, but cool.

 

[Jeff7]

The transformer from a microwave would produce a more "permanent" deterrent.

 

[MyThirdEye]

marked for later

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The transformer from a microwave would produce a more "permanent" deterrent.

That is the joy of this thread though. Not that we need another reminder that the general populace has no idea how electricity works, it is just funny to play on that notion.