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A friend once showed me his vintage electric train set that ran on full 240v mains power. You know, for kids. The control box even had a 40 watt lightbulb on t
by mattkevan 3y ago
A friend once showed me his vintage electric train set that ran on full 240v mains power. You know, for kids.
The control box even had a 40 watt lightbulb on the top to show when the (bare metal) tracks were live.
The trains themselves ran pretty well, except for the sparks shooting out from underneath and a strong smell of ozone.
Apparently so many kids zapped themselves that questions about the set were asked in parliament.
- seszett 3y agoI had a race car track like that, I think they were my father's, so dating from the 70's. It was great and I only got shocked a couple of times, you quickly learn to be careful.