That "electrical smell"...

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Sput
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...is actually Ozone that can form because a hot wire throws off electrons. Who knew?

I'm noticing the lack of a "fascinating random facts" thread, so feel free to deposit yours here!
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Sput wrote:...is actually Ozone that can form because a hot wire throws off electrons. Who knew?

I'm noticing the lack of a "fascinating random facts" thread, so feel free to deposit yours here!
No, thats not true, A romanian band cant be formed by wire. No I was joking, I believe it is. My granddad is an electrician, I'll email him.
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Godfather wrote:I believe it is. My granddad is an electrician, I'll email him.
you know, as soon as i read sput's post, the first thing i wanted to do was to confirm it with beep and beep's grandad.
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tvmercia wrote:
Godfather wrote:I believe it is. My granddad is an electrician, I'll email him.
you know, as soon as i read sput's post, the first thing i wanted to do was to confirm it with beep and beep's grandad.
Lol @ your comment.
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Sput wrote:...is actually Ozone that can form because a hot wire throws off electrons. Who knew?
It's a major plot development in the original Peter Cushing Dr Who & The Daleks movie.
DOCTOR WHO: Whenever they (Daleks) move, there is a familiar odour.
BARBARA: Yes I've noticed that, I was trying to remember where...
IAN: The fairground...you get the same smell off the dodgem cars.
SUSAN: It's ozone...caused by electric sparks.
DOCTOR: Electrical power - not electricity like we know it, but some sort of static electricity. Those armour suits they wear are actually machines driven by power they pick up from the floor.
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And earlier in the very first Dalek serial from 1963!
Ronnie is victorious, vivacious in victory like a venomous dog. Vile Republicans cease living while the religious retort with rueful rhetoric. These rank thugs resort to violence and swear revenge.

But Ronnie can punch through steel so they lose anyway.
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Ahh yes, "Doctor who, the Daleks and the irregular headache-inducing odour".
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Wow, you're a bigger Whovian than me!
Ronnie is victorious, vivacious in victory like a venomous dog. Vile Republicans cease living while the religious retort with rueful rhetoric. These rank thugs resort to violence and swear revenge.

But Ronnie can punch through steel so they lose anyway.
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Sput
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What an outrageous accusation.
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Exactly.

How dare you call my friend a vacuum cleaner.
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Nick Harvey wrote:Exactly.

How dare you call my friend a vacuum cleaner.
Who...Henry?
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