• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      5·
      16 days ago

      Please do. I don’t know what’s wrong with it

      Edit: thanks folks! I feel like an idiot because that’s super obvious. :-)

      • expatriado@lemmy.world
        24·
        16 days ago

        the path of least resistance for the current would be down one connected bolt, then around the top plate, and up the other battery connected bolt, never down the pole, so the ceiling/floor gets heated up, possibly burn

        note: those bolts must be supper long to go from ceiling to floor

        • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
          2·
          16 days ago

          That’s why you connect it directly to main so it doesn’t require a closed loop to create a chemical reaction,.

      • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
        5·
        16 days ago

        12V from a car battery doesn’t do much damage. You’d need, I think, 50V or 52V to get through the skin. Now, of course, if someone were to stick it in their mouth or some other area that doesn’t have skin, it’s a different story, then they’d get heavy burn marks on the path the electricity takes. So for safer electrocution, use AC, as that will also activate your muscles and push you away. While with DC, you’ll stick to it, as you grab onto it with a death grip. For advice on hurting yourself safely, just watch electroboom on yt.

    • JelleWho@lemmy.world
      4·
      16 days ago

      Maybe if you just connect one side of the life wire to it. And ground the other one. That could work better

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    14·
    16 days ago

    Use a Dremel tool to cut the pointy ends flat, then cut a slot in the flattened ends. Now you can simply unscrew the screws with a flat head screwdriver.

    Hey, since they already fucked up your floor anyways, what they gonna do, bitch and cuss and then end up having to pay for repairs to the damages?

  • pigup@lemmy.world
    6·
    16 days ago

    Inform the landlord, it’s their problem. If that’s their own property then. I don’t know a police report or something and lots of evidence and civil claims court.

    • BennyInc@feddit.org
      7·
      16 days ago

      Plot twist: OP installed the thing in their ground floor and didn’t measure correctly; now they at least want to cash in on the internet fame.

    • then_three_more@lemmy.world
      1·
      16 days ago

      Police will 100% say it’s a civil matter.

      Speak to the neighbour in the first instance, if that’s no good my home insurance company would be the next people I’d speak to.

  • Mpatch@lemmy.world
    1·
    16 days ago

    Battery bad… 120v ac good. Just one wire in the hot side touch one screw. Put it on a random timer, too , this way when they say it’s shocking it everyone else will think they crazy.