Handy hints on makeshift battery charging

[IanB]

Can get you out of a tight spot when you pick up your phaser and it doesn't work because the batteries are flat...

[sonicj]

lurn something new everyday...

[Psi]

lol, it starts off plausible and then just gets worse and worse.

[Uncle Vernon]

"But if you connect the positive terminals capacitance from the charged battery flows into" oh my. It's all there on the inter-web.

[vk6zgo]

AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[lowimpedance]

Electrical tape CONDUCTS electricity  , well bugger me I must be using fake stuff .
He really needs to heed the safety warning on his phaser about looking into the output port when pulling the trigger!!!

Infinite solutions = Infinite stupidity

I wonder if he has any of those fancy USB cables!!.

[Armin_Balija]

That guys videos are a riot.

Impedance ratios. LOL

[robrenz]

You guys are just jealous that you are not at the technical level required to understand these advanced electronic principles. This guy is a genius

[mobbarley]

You guys are just jealous that you are not at the technical level required to understand these advanced electronic principles. This guy is a genius

And the money he is saving! 

[jshonw]

How to Charge an iPod using electrolytes and an onion:


 

[FrankenPC]

I just watched this video for the first time.  I figured I'd revive the zombie thread rather than start a new one.

The 9V solution is beyond elegant.