Wut?

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

What do you think made the electricity?

You made me go look up for my copy of 20000 leagues.

Captain Nemo was producing electricity with electrochemical batteries.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by kurusu

You made me go look up for my copy of 20000 leagues.

Captain Nemo was producing electricity with electrochemical batteries.

Thanks,
but as an aside- is there another kind of battery?

[Chickenthief]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Thanks,
but as an aside- is there another kind of battery?

A capacitor!
No use of chemestry and it still stores and releases electricity.

[sheepherder]

Just to gratify future generations, here is the pistol...

I've lightened the pics a bit to better see details...

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Chickenthief

A capacitor!
No use of chemestry and it still stores and releases electricity.

A capacitor stores electricity, it does Not make electricity!

A battery converts chemical "energy" into electricity- they are in no way similar.

[Chickenthief]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

A capacitor stores electricity, it does Not make electricity!

A battery converts chemical "energy" into electricity- they are in no way similar.

A battery does not make electricity it stores it just the same as a capacitor.
You charge either with electrons and the way they are stored differ not the end result.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Chickenthief

A battery does not make electricity it stores it just the same as a capacitor.
You charge either with electrons and the way they are stored differ not the end result.

You are just totally wrong.

Better go back to electricity school.

You are confusing "re-chargable" or "storage" batteries and true batteries.
A "battery" converts chemical energy to electricity(i.e. "electrons"), the chemicals are used up in the process and such batteries cannot be "re-charged" as the chemical reaction is not reversible. For example the old manganese dioxide and more recent "alkaline" batteries- the ones you throw away when discharged.

The most common storage battery is the lead/acid battery found in cars; in the last 50 years or so, other various "rechargeable" storage batteries have come into the market- based on chemical pairs such as : nickel-cadmium, Lithium ion, Nickel-hydride, and other ingenious combinations.
Side reactions and byproducts of the charging/re-charging process eventually render these storage batteries inefficient and they must be replaced.

Just to stay a little on topic, lugers do not require batteries.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Just to stay a little on topic, lugers do not require batteries.

At least one Luger did...The infamous and oft-listed 'Bodyguard Luger' supposedly used by Hitler's bodyguards...But the cable-linked belt-pack battery is never listed.

TBLAP has some great pics of the flashlight Luger itself, on page 1682 of the DVD.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Thanks,
but as an aside- is there another kind of battery?

You got me there, as an electrician I'm a great plumber.

[sheepherder]

Forgotten Weapons has a video posted about the Peterson modified .22 Luger...

http://www.forgottenweapons.com/axel...james-d-julia/

I can't view it but maybe somebody who can will post their impressions...