Thread Number: 29411
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Bulletproof Hoover Covertible |
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Post# 328508 , Reply# 1   7/2/2015 at 13:49 (3,192 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I remember seeing something similar on 'Mythbusters' several years ago. It seems some 'good ole boys' had a blown fuse on their pick-em-up truck and jammed a .22 cartridge in the fuse block as a temporary replacement since it was about the same size. Supposedly, the bullet cooked off from heat building up as a result of the electrical current passing through the shell casing and injured one of the occupants of the vehicle. If I recall correctly, their tests proved two things:
1. It took far more than 12v DC to cook off a .22 round. 2. In every test, the slug and shell casing separated harmlessly, if somewhat dramatically, resulting in only minor damage to the fuse block and no damage to their trusty and long suffering test dummy "Buster". It seems to me your experience with the bullet and a Hoover that beats as it sweeps as it shoots would be consistent with their findings. |