Basic Goal: Make a dial regulating electricity.
I saw my Chem teacher take a cord that had been cut from a lamp with the positive and negative connected to two separate screws. He put the cord into the wall and the two screws on opposite ends of a pickle. The pickle light up and burned a little, but did not catch on fire.
I'm hoping to create a dial that could increase or decrease resistance from no power to full power (coming from the wall), (with increments of 1/8 power 2/8...3/8...etc) basically connect the dial to a cut off cord from an old appliance.
Any resources you would recommend would be helpful...I can vaguely read a basic circuit diagram...I'm going to take a technichal education for Pre-engineering next year in Precision machining/Robotics...3d printers...sumobots...3d manufacturing machines...my point is I'm most likely smart enough to do this
Any help is appreciated
I saw my Chem teacher take a cord that had been cut from a lamp with the positive and negative connected to two separate screws. He put the cord into the wall and the two screws on opposite ends of a pickle. The pickle light up and burned a little, but did not catch on fire.
I'm hoping to create a dial that could increase or decrease resistance from no power to full power (coming from the wall), (with increments of 1/8 power 2/8...3/8...etc) basically connect the dial to a cut off cord from an old appliance.
Any resources you would recommend would be helpful...I can vaguely read a basic circuit diagram...I'm going to take a technichal education for Pre-engineering next year in Precision machining/Robotics...3d printers...sumobots...3d manufacturing machines...my point is I'm most likely smart enough to do this
Any help is appreciated