no, but they will also kill you (but not by magic)
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gbzm@piefed.social 1 day ago
Why is the mercury arc rectifier getting a “what the fuck”? I don’t know much about them, are they more magic than glowing rocks, runes, levitation and demon cores?
fullsquare@awful.systems 1 day ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
How so? Can I touch it? Lick it?
fullsquare@awful.systems 19 hours ago
These things are under high voltage, so no. And then there’s several kg of mercury inside
CountVlad47@feddit.org 1 day ago
Just piggy backing this comment to save people a click. A mercury-arc valve is used to convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). It probably got a WTF for how weird it looks and how it looks like a crystal ball when it’s working.
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Are you telling me that’s a full bridge rectifier made of glass, liquid metal and plasma?🧙♂️
zululove@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
That shits amazing