This will make sense if you read this.
And when the
switch (that
controlled the switched outlet) went on,
nothing happened. The volatage was at about
20, not enough to arc through a pickle. So we turned the
knob to a higher number (significantly higher, not something wimpy like 21). The
pickle glowed for about .1 second and then smelled really bad. We turned the
knob too high. (Something to note: these
pickles were about
2 inches long (they wern't my
pickles (they were our mutual friend's pickles (he is Jewish, do Jewish people like little
pickles more?))) So we repeated the
process only turning the knob to a lower number from the
inital number.
And the pickles glowed (and
smelled rancid simultaneously).
Please excuse the use of a Part 2. I felt the story needed a bit of artificial climaxation. Thank you.