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It's Halloween (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CenturionKing@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world
 
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[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Finally, i can use this invention!

[–] moody@lemmings.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No you can't. It hasn't been invented yet.

[–] sudo 17 points 3 weeks ago

A man can dream, though. A man can dream..

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I always wondered why they say "front toward enemy" and not "this side toward enemy". Because some idiot won't know front from back.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think it's more like "Front. Toward enemy."

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

“Front? To! Ward, enemy!”

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago

Yet again, punctuation matters.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

That's ONE way to tell people that you're a tad introverted and don't appreciate unannounced guests.. 🤷

[–] Damage@feddit.it -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

Doorbells are powered. Either it's a hardwired doorbell or there is a battery inside the button. That's enough to set off a charge.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they need one? I would have guessed that you just need to short the wires on a real one. But i have no knowledge so idk.

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

A brief internet search says the signal in the real thing is mechanically generated by pressing the trigger on the hand unit, helpfully called the M57 firing device. So just shorting the wires without external power wouldn't trigger it.

That activates a blasting cap which is installed in the mine when it's placed. I'm pretty sure it just needs one cap to work, but there are two places for them on top - the little upside down tophats where the wires end in the picture. So the one in the image might be wired wrong; both wires would need to go to the same cap on one side.

I don't know if a doorbell has enough juice to activate a blasting cap.

Seems much safer so yeah makes sense. There are doorbells with piezo electric systems so it might work if its the right voltage and if it isnt a complex modulated signal.