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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
The LEDs make it very cool.
120 V straight is fine, they'll cook OK. The lead on the LED leads is not too good for you though. Oh, and having 120 V out in the open is, well, a little dangerous. make a lexan cover ("to avoid splatters")
Don
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No one ate the ones with LEDs. After everybody cooked some, we tested the theory, which proved to be somewhat correct. They lit up very little after a while.
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Originally Posted by Drwurm
This may be a little dark, but I think it's only a matter of time before someone going for a dog gets cooked themselves.....
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It doesn't even see the light of day unless the teacher is there to supervise it. We unplug it after it's done, only one person operates it at a time, etc. Come on, we're talking about a bunch of curious high school students. They never do anything illogical or stupid.......
One wondered why they couldn't practice in the gym that day - because the robotics team had it reserved was the answer. "Oh, we have a robotics team?"
Sigh. This is a team with a low number. They've been around for at least a dozen years. There's still a lot more culture-changing to do. - GaryVoshol [more] 
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