UK versus USA canned hot dog electrocution challenge - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ElectronicSupersonic
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 02:31:32 am
content: Doesn't count as a valid experiment - hot dogs were made in Holland. True hot dogs can only be made in US

author: rahandford
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 04:52:05 am
content: I thought that Frankfurters were German and not American?

author: scuzzyTerminator
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 05:44:10 am
content: QuoteNo. I read on the internet that the germans loved our Hot Dogs so much they named their city after them. Same with the Viennese.

author: dzseki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 09:17:14 am
content: Quote from: scuzzyTerminator on April 08, 2019, 05:44:10 amLOL

author: vtwin@cox.net
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 12:17:32 pm
content: those "american style" hot dogs are clearly cheap knock-offs made in china.anyone who is somebody knows american hot dogs come in clear plastic packaging.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 12:26:01 pm
content: Yuck, I've never liked those dirty sausages, both the type wrapped in film and canned. They're just salty, pieces of jelly, lacking in real flavour. The canned type are the worst because they're made from really crappy mechanically reclaimed meat. The film wrapped ones are a bit better, but not much.

author: 3roomlab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 01:09:18 pm
content: Quote from: Zero999 on April 08, 2019, 12:26:01 pmthey no longer make them like 40 years agolet them be electrocuted, its the best use as a show piece !burn !! ~~~~

author: vtwin@cox.net
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 04:03:39 pm
content: anyone know what the impedence of a hotdog is? I could try cooking a few, connecting them between my HF amplifier and my beam. (ponders) wonder what the SWR would be?

author: 3roomlab
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 05:49:33 pm
content: Quote from: vtwin@cox.net on April 08, 2019, 04:03:39 pmtoo much salt, resistivity too low, the impedance is not right

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 07:30:32 pm
content: Quote from: vtwin@cox.net on April 08, 2019, 04:03:39 pmI reckon they are non-linear. Someone should try them in a weiner bridge oscillator for amplitude control

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 08:17:01 pm
content: In the first video, BigClive's HOPI meter showed that the Power Factor was very nearly 1.0, purely resistive.I thought I recall seeing some instances where two electrodes immersed in salt water were used as a high-power dropping or dissipative resistance.I have only ever eaten vege-hotdogs which look very similar to those canned things. But I never tried one of those electrocutive cookers.

author: Stuart Coyle
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2019, 08:36:18 pm
content: I use the UK hotdogs exclusively in my audio system as part of the full wave bridge rectifier. They provide a much greater fidelity and presence than the USA ones, they particularly work well with Wagner and Mozart. I'm not so silly as to use the overpriced handmade German ones. If anyone knows where I can find oxygen free hotdogs I'd be happy to hear.