At 10:31 AM 12/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
Take a 3.5 volt top hat LED. Spread the leads to the
proper
width and apply (I would recommend using a pair of pliers)
to a fresh 9 volt transistor radio battery. I got shards of
red plastic embedded in my fingers that way once.
Sounds like fun, but PLEASE -- WEAR SAFETY GLASSES! I can say from
experience that glass (or plastic) in your eye is no fun at all. (nor is
fuzzy eyesight/blindness.)
WEAR SAFETY GLASSES!
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