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continuous current SS mod shock
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lordmage
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most mods are positive up. sounds like the tube is being used as a ground and the circuit is allowing positive current to flow thur the mod. in short i think your mod is a positive up mod.
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Where does it tel you to put the battery in upside down?
lol not sure, just assumed it since the button and switch has a big hope for venting but after blowing through it with a battery installed it still has air flow so I guess it's positive up.
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Should really make no difference in a tube mech.
Clean your switch assembly?
Clean your switch assembly?
Do you understand 'difference of potential'?
Umm yeah and you have exactly the same difference of potential no matter which way you have the battery in there.
A 40+ year Electronics technician.
It is a closed loop DC circuit and you have exactly the same difference in potential no matter which way the battery is.
In a closed loop DC circuit positive and negative may flip around but that makes no difference. Positive will not shock you any more than negative. It is the current between the 2 that shocks you and it makes no difference if it goes one way or the other the result is the same.
I'm talking about the difference between the battery terminals and the hand getting shocked. And there is absolutely a difference between the location of the terminals, the load, the hand holding the tube and the difference of potentials that exist between all of it with the battery one way or the other. If there wasn't, turning the battery around wouldn't affect whether or not you get shocked.
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So am I.
A battery has votltage potential from it's negative terminal to it's positive terminal. PERIOD.
It does not matter which way you turn it you only change the polarity not the voltage potential. Period.
And the only way one could shock you is pass current from negative to positive or visa versa thru your body. Period.
And no matter which way the current passes thru you the shock effect is identical. Period.
Since a mechanical Tube mod has no components to effect the voltage of the battery it would not matter which way the battery was placed in it as to any shock potential. Period.
I am done here. Period
It does not matter which way you turn it you only change the polarity not the voltage potential. Period.
And the only way one could shock you is pass current from negative to positive or visa versa thru your body. Period.
And no matter which way the current passes thru you the shock effect is identical. Period.
Since a mechanical Tube mod has no components to effect the voltage of the battery it would not matter which way the battery was placed in it as to any shock potential. Period.
I am done here. Period
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Your reading comprehension needs improvement.
Apparently you think that having the tube on a mod be positive is more likely to shock you than if it is negative?
You fail to understand some electrical/electronics fundamentals.
Apparently you think that having the tube on a mod be positive is more likely to shock you than if it is negative?
You fail to understand some electrical/electronics fundamentals.
Ahh but a clown that does know what he is talking about.
I am not convinced that you are an electronics tech.
I would not want you working on my stuff.
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just to help OP @The Cromwell is correct. and i agree with his suggestion of cleaning off your switch and might as well clean the whole mech tube and all the threads as well
I'm an electrical engineer and I'm certain he understands voltage perfectly.
How many batteries does your mod have? I can hold both ends of a 4.2v fully charged battery with my fingers and not even close to enough current to get shocked.
Yeah most people cannot even feel 4.2 volts unless on very sensitive skin.
I can put my fingers accross the terminals on 9 volt battery and not feel it.
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have you tried licking it LMAO
Lol of course. Hasn't everyone?
I would not apply it to sensitive private parts either.
Then of course there is the charge the capacitor and play catch with someone thing.
I started in electronics in the vacuum tube age when anything but a flashlight would shock you.
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I think so. haven't done it since i was a kid though lolLol of course. Hasn't everyone?
I would not apply it to sensitive private parts either.
Then of course there is the charge the capacitor and play catch with someone thing.
I started in electronics in the vacuum tube age when anything but a flashlight would shoc you.
A good cleaning especially of the switch will cure most mech mod afflictions.
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or u can leave it dirty and change the way the battery is inserted lol
I wish I had only posted to clean the switch and such
lol or that too! I actually liked the spark.. but didn't seem safe so better just stick with polishing my stuff.
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