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Cooking hot dogs with mains electricity
Halcyon:
Oh Clive...
IanB:
Yes, that was a remarkably sane video. No bangs, flames or explosions. It actually worked.
BravoV:
The electrodes look like galvanized zinc, perfectly safe for human I guess as its used in food container too.
NivagSwerdna:
That was a great video but I am a bit skeptical as to the definition of "cooked", instead they seemed to be simply electrocuted. I'm guessing that the 'hot dogs' were at least partially cooked beforehand if not it is just a machine designed to promote food poisoning. I do admire the engineering though... who would have speculated that electrocuting food could be a viable food preparation mechanism.
Well worth the watch.
vk6zgo:
Similar devices were available in Oz, back in the mid 1960s.
Those used a Mains transformer with a lower voltage, high current secondary, to which was connected the spikes(from memory, they were stainless steel).
In practice, a complete hot dog & roll were impaled on the spikes.
The hot dog looked like a shorted turn to the transformer, high-ish current flowed (limited by the hot dog resistance), cooking the treat.
They weren't bad, from memory, the buns had two slightly charred holes in them, which was not aesthetically pleasing.
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