Found on rec.autos.tech:Article 14803 (6 more) in rec.autos.tech:
From: ferguson@maitai.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Dennis Ferguson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.autos.tech
Subject: Re: car Body Electrification
Summary: Cruelty to animals
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Date: 31 Jan 90 01:56:09 GMT
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In article <26245@cup.portal.com> Nagle@cup.portal.com (John - Nagle)
writes:
>
> There's some risk of igniting any gas spill with a car body
>electrification system. This should be kept in mind. Any setup...
Please allow me to relate a small story on electrification of cars.
In
a much similar time (late 60's) my folks lived at the edge of a small
town. Their house was located next to a highway with a ditch between
the house and the highway. The ditch seemed to be a major
thoroughfare
for the loose dogs in the town. One dog had a particularly nasty
habit
of relieving himself on my father's new Austin Healy Sprite. Being
somewhat
annoyed at the smell of urine on his new car, he electrified the car
with
a car battery and a flyback transformer (its been too long to remember
all the
details). I happened to be around when the dog decided to relieve
himself
per his usual habit. I did not believe dogs could make such high
pitched
noises. After a couple of days, no more problems.
Oh, by the way... to my knowledge the electrication did not impact
the
car at all.
Dennis
End of article 14803 (of 14810)--what next? [npq]
OF COURSE IT DIDN'T BOTHER THE CAR. SPRIDGETS HAVE NO ELECTRONICS
MORE SOPHISTACATED THAN EARLY EDISON EXPERIMENTS. TODAY'S COMPUTER
CARS WOULD PROBABLY SELF-DESTRUCT.
phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
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