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That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Fri 28 Mar, 2008 23.50
by Sput
...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!
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 01.46
by Beep
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.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 03.47
by tvmercia
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.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 04.26
by Beep
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.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 08.27
by Alexia
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.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11.27
by Ronnie Rowlands
And earlier in the very first Dalek serial from 1963!
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11.30
by Sput
Ahh yes, "Doctor who, the Daleks and the irregular headache-inducing odour".
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11.31
by Ronnie Rowlands
Wow, you're a bigger Whovian than me!
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11.41
by Sput
What an outrageous accusation.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Sat 29 Mar, 2008 13.08
by Nick Harvey
Exactly.
How dare you call my friend a vacuum cleaner.
Re: That "electrical smell"...
Posted: Mon 31 Mar, 2008 23.24
by Alexia
Nick Harvey wrote:Exactly.
How dare you call my friend a vacuum cleaner.
Who...Henry?