no offense taken crashwg, i just dont want to get an email from joe bagodonuts telling me how he nearly fried himself cause he decided to cut an old extension cord in half and held the bare wire to the probes using both hands while plugging the socket in with his butt cheeks
I took the full high voltage out of a running monitor once, and it actually wasn't painful at all. It WAS incredibly intense and it froze me for a second, but I never felt a bit of pain.
I'm still laughing about this thread. That freezing effect is incredible. Stick a 9v battery on your tongue for a cheap thrill. Also, about Paigeoliver explaining that he didn't feel pain, I've always been curious what pain really is intended to indicate. For example, I think pain is there to explain and motivate the healing process. So, feeling pain afterward would make more sense. Also, my fiancee studies brain functions and explained yesterday that violent seizures are thought to destroy neurons in the brain because they are uninhibited electrical impulses that actually fry bits of your brain. Those things don't heal, so no pain, theoretically, at least.
That said, don't play around with high voltage, although I have a friend who can hang onto high voltage devices and not feel anything but a pulsation, but if he reaches out and touches you, you will get the shock.
Anyway, just wanted to thank greven grevs for taking the time to explain the power supply hack. Now, if Jakks would just put a stupid memory chip in that system to store high scores, I might think about buying one for hacking.
Cheers,
KenToad
*Edit -- I see DayWayne felt the pain. So much for theories. I must now put down the philosopher's hat and revel in the hilarity.