has anyone knows or experienced a toy or appliance or gadget (anything really) that runs on battery/mains, that was turned off, BUT still was working.
I had a spooky experience, where in the middle of the night my daughters laptop started saying A, moments later A again moments later A again moments later T. And the "moments" differ
As some of you readers may know, I always had a very eerie going ons with me. So I got my wife to check it out. I went along too, and saw the toy laptop.
The laptop switch was turned off and one of the battery was missing, (which my daughter put into one of her other toy) and there was nothing placed upon the keypads of the laptop...
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Started by SkeptcByMindBelievrByHeart , Jan 21 2013 10:04 PM
Started by SkeptcByMindBelievrByHeart , Jan 21 2013 10:04 PM
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 10:04 PM
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 11:03 PM
What else has happened?
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 11:42 PM
Sell it or burn it
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 11:51 PM
If that thing is working on its own it time to go.
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Posted 22 January 2013 - 01:15 AM
fire alarms do this....unplugged, no batteries, yet will still beep.
Electonics, stored energy, etc.....
Electonics, stored energy, etc.....
I think people have a hard time proving any factual basis for their beliefs so they get defensive and they take any question as a direct challenge instead of just giving it some thought.
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Posted 22 January 2013 - 05:42 AM
SkeptcByMindBelievrByHeart, on 21 January 2013 - 10:04 PM, said:
has anyone knows or experienced a toy or appliance or gadget (anything really) that runs on battery/mains, that was turned off, BUT still was working.
I had a spooky experience, where in the middle of the night my daughters laptop started saying A, moments later A again moments later A again moments later T. And the "moments" differ
As some of you readers may know, I always had a very eerie going ons with me. So I got my wife to check it out. I went along too, and saw the toy laptop.
The laptop switch was turned off and one of the battery was missing, (which my daughter put into one of her other toy) and there was nothing placed upon the keypads of the laptop...
I had a spooky experience, where in the middle of the night my daughters laptop started saying A, moments later A again moments later A again moments later T. And the "moments" differ
As some of you readers may know, I always had a very eerie going ons with me. So I got my wife to check it out. I went along too, and saw the toy laptop.
The laptop switch was turned off and one of the battery was missing, (which my daughter put into one of her other toy) and there was nothing placed upon the keypads of the laptop...
Maybe twice. Once is was a big boom box . I moved it upstairs after that . Totally creeped me out . It's still up there.
I tried to use it recently ,and it was broken .No idea how. Just thinking to out it out with the trash next collection day .
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Posted 22 January 2013 - 10:14 AM
What do you do,when the litter bin lid keeps flipping off,when no one is near ?
(1) try your best, ............if that dont work.
(2) try your second best, ........if that dont work
(3) give up you aint gonna win
(2) try your second best, ........if that dont work
(3) give up you aint gonna win
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Posted 22 January 2013 - 12:57 PM
Sakari, on 22 January 2013 - 01:15 AM, said:
fire alarms do this....unplugged, no batteries, yet will still beep.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:41 PM
I build electronic devices as a hobby and vouch for the fact that it isn't uncommon for electronic devices to remain charged after the battery is removed. As several people have pointed out here smoke alarms are notorious for this. Additionally devices that work with radio frequencies can sometimes build up parasitic energy through their antennas that can in rare cases be used to run the device. Basically any device with large capacitors, which work like very small batteries to temporarily store or filter power, can and will come to life on occassion. It's more rare these days as electronics get smaller, but it happens.
In the case of this toy I'm sure I could solder a bleeder resistor between one leg of the large capacitor causing the problem and the ground and you'd never hear from the toy in the middle of the night again.
In the case of this toy I'm sure I could solder a bleeder resistor between one leg of the large capacitor causing the problem and the ground and you'd never hear from the toy in the middle of the night again.
Edited by chazrich, 27 January 2013 - 08:43 PM.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:55 PM
chazrich, on 27 January 2013 - 08:41 PM, said:
I build electronic devices as a hobby and vouch for the fact that it isn't uncommon for electronic devices to remain charged after the battery is removed. As several people have pointed out here smoke alarms are notorious for this. Additionally devices that work with radio frequencies can sometimes build up parasitic energy through their antennas that can in rare cases be used to run the device. Basically any device with large capacitors, which work like very small batteries to temporarily store or filter power, can and will come to life on occassion. It's more rare these days as electronics get smaller, but it happens.
In the case of this toy I'm sure I could solder a bleeder resistor between one leg of the large capacitor causing the problem and the ground and you'd never hear from the toy in the middle of the night again.
In the case of this toy I'm sure I could solder a bleeder resistor between one leg of the large capacitor causing the problem and the ground and you'd never hear from the toy in the middle of the night again.
Awesome post.......Welcome to UM
I think people have a hard time proving any factual basis for their beliefs so they get defensive and they take any question as a direct challenge instead of just giving it some thought.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 09:24 PM
Capacitors store electricity and my be an answer to your mystery.
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