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Excitement at work John D'Oh style
Topic Started: Dec 13 2011, 08:00 PM (249 Views)
John D'Oh
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MAMIL
Receive Lithium battery to test.

Remove safety device protecting battery against overheating in case of short circuit.

Read manufacturers declaration regarding it being OK to test the cell.

Short circuit battery with large piece of copper.

Place battery in metal enclosure.

Walk into adjoining area, leaving technician watching battery.

Hear loud 'woof' sound.

Injest quantity of Thionyl Chloride gas.

Swiftly leave area.

Read MSDS sheet about Thionyl Chloride gas.

What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Dan
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Thionyl chloride can be used to make mustard gas and nerve toxins, but it is also used in the manufacturing of batteries and herbicides, among other things.

Take care John.
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brenda
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..............
Feeling OK, John?!
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
It's likely as not to be an improvement.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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John D'Oh
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I've been involved with testing batteries as part of my job for the last 22 years - the changes over the last 5 or so have been pretty dramatic, and not always in a good way. You'd be surprised just how dramatic it can occasionally be.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
They still make you eat the lead paint too?
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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JBryan
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I am the grey one
C'mon, be a man. We used to breathe toxic fumes just for grins.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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apple
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who knows? it may do some good. Do take extra care tho.
it behooves me to behold
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
JBryan
Dec 14 2011, 06:16 AM
C'mon, be a man. We used to breathe toxic fumes just for grins.
Whipits don't count, man.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
Whipits - drugs lite.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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Jane D'Oh
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John D'Oh
Dec 13 2011, 08:00 PM
Receive Lithium battery to test.

Remove safety device protecting battery against overheating in case of short circuit.

Read manufacturers declaration regarding it being OK to test the cell.

Short circuit battery with large piece of copper.

Place battery in metal enclosure.

Walk into adjoining area, leaving technician watching battery.

Hear loud 'woof' sound.

Injest quantity of Thionyl Chloride gas.

Swiftly leave area.

Read MSDS sheet about Thionyl Chloride gas.

See how walk into the adjoining area is followed by the explosion, which is followed by walk through the cloud of gas?

Does walk through the cloud of gas seem a little unnecessary? Especially when it is known that the gas contains chlorine?

No sympathy when he grumbles about having a headache. :veryangry:
Pfft.
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John D'Oh
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Jane D'Oh
Dec 14 2011, 10:06 AM
See how walk into the adjoining area is followed by the explosion, which is followed by walk through the cloud of gas?

Does walk through the cloud of gas seem a little unnecessary? Especially when it is known that the gas contains chlorine?

No sympathy when he grumbles about having a headache. :veryangry:
I missed out the bit that said 'go back into room to check technician and engineer were OK and there wasn't a fire' as I'm embarrassed by flocks of adoring women who want to sleep with heroes.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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