Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work; we know this to be true because every time one lets the smoke out of the electrical system, it stops working.
This can be verified repeatedly through empirical testing. When, for example, the smoke escapes from an electrical component (i.e., say, a Lucas voltage regulator), it will be observed that the component stops working. The function of the wire harness is to carry the smoke from one device to another; when the wire harness "springs a leak", and lets all the smoke out of the system, nothing works afterwards.

What have you let the smoke out of ????

This one should be good ! LOL!

 

I let the smoke out of some 6X9 speakers one time while listening to GnR's "You could be mine". LOL I was jamming and then POP POP and smoke filled the back the car. LOL

 

Years ago, a buddy of mine discovered that car batteries not only have smoke in them, but fire as well... He found this out when he hooked it up backwards on his Olds 98 Regency...

 

 

You must be right. I had to replace the circuit board and all wiring when smoke came out of the dash vents on my 69 mustang. I was taking out the aftermarket cruise control parts and must have crossed some wires. Neighbor and I replaced the entire wire harness and dash that afternoon for a car show the following day. A friend of mine sais that smoke is what makes the Nascar cars run because when you see the smoke leak out, they are out of the race.

 

Great theory. It must be correct cause I have witnessed this phenomenon myself.

 

you can also let the smoke out of yourself by tightening a battery cable witha wrench and contacting the positve battery post all while remaining in contact with said wrench that is grounded perfectly to your hand by your wedding band. Wedding bands get really hot and dang is gold a good conductor of electricity!

 

I let the smoke out of a sub-woofer plate-amp's output-capacitor. :)

Got on Digi-Key's website and got a pair of higher voltage and higher
capacitance ones and made them fit. Works better than ever. ;)

Homemade 18" sub-woofer in a cardboard tube cabinet that's 11.4
cubic feet and the plate-amp was rated at ~500w @ 4 ohms and we
smoked the sucker. LOL :)

Me and a couple neighbor boys were listenin' to "M&M". LOL :)
Hmmm... maybe it was KoRn's "Blind"?

Speaker= 97dB/watt/meter raw +2dB in the cabinet with a 27hz fs

Alvin in AZ

 

my brother let smoke out of his starter on his 59 and it caught on fire

 

found smoke coming from the dash of my old dodge truck, which later turned into a fire, and burnt the whole frontend of the truck. I truly felt like a expert, as i found mine without much testing

 

Any more out there?

 

It's TRUE!!! I've seen it!
That's why fuses are clear - so when one blows, those electrons carrying the smoke get all bottled up and lose their smoke..thus causing the 'opaque-ness' of the glass, enabling one to see the problem!

 

That really sucks. :/

I know of at least two cool-old-vehicles, one was a '76 F100 the guy
bought new when he was kid, that burned up right after a CD player
install. My son would've saved the pickup but his "stupid" son wanted
to install it! :/ My young son at the time had already taught himself
electronics. xD

Alvin in AZ

 

The power supply of the CP-901 weapons systems computer on a P-3C Orion... before it let out its final gasp I managed to weld my screwdriver to one of its power lugs. It's bright blue flash surprised me... musta been all that smoke holed up in one of its capacitors.

Anybody ever drop a radar CRT from about 15 feet?

 

Had a 16 pin cannon plug on 130J Hercules start touching leads internally and it let smoke out of a lot of things.