"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/5/2013 2:34 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> He might be referring to the Presto Hot Dogger. This simple cooker had
>>> metal prongs that you skewered the ends of the hot dog on. The dogs
>>> were cooked by running 120V line current through them. The hot dog's
>>> salt made them conductive to electricity. The dog cooked in seconds.
>>>
>>> You can also connect two short nails to a lamp cord and stick the
>>> nails in the dog. Plug in and watch the fun. You probably should hook
>>> several in line to help reduce the inevitable arcing you're going to
>>> get from the less than perfect electrical connection from nails in hot
>>> dogs. My understanding is that if you use a pickle instead of a hot
>>> dog, you get a ghastly green light. Fun!
>>
>> rofl
>
> It's all true! I got one years ago at a yard sale for fifty cents. It had
> some problem with a funky electrical taste from the arcing and the
> sparking. Something like this wouldn't work in the UK because of your
> higher voltage. My guess is that the dogs would explode.

Yes, I tend to look at it from a UK perspective and if you did that here you
would be frazzled)


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