[sdiy] several questions

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/1/01 10:01:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
paia2720 at hotmail.com writes:

<< 
 The cap and SCR throw such a high current pulse into the cell that the
 whisker gets vaporized and the time is so short that the cell doesn't
 get hot or explode.
 
 This same technique can be used on printed circuit boards and wiring
 harnesses in some cases. Remove all chips you can first... then
 ZAP !!! >>

Right, I'd heard of doing that before...I talked to somebody once who was 
doing experiments concerning pulsed lasers, and decided to strap together a 
big cap bank and go vaporizing things with it...and I do mean a BIG cap bank, 
something that had to be rolled around on a 6 or 8 foot long cart. They 
managed to vaporize double 0 welding cable and create a 12 foot or so plasma 
ball, apparently.

Chris