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Physics Demonstrations at Cal Poly Pomona

Demo Index:
    EM-F-HD
Pira Index:
    5F 15.20
Title:
    HOT DOG COOKER
Description:
    Cooking hot dogs with electricity.
Equipment:
    1. Hot dog cooking apparatus w/ 3 leads
    2. 2 LED's
    3. Special AA shorting lead
    4. Fluke 75 III DMM
    5. Variac
    6. 8 hot dogs
    7. Tray
Procedure:
    1. Place an uncooked hot dog between lower posts as shown. Connect circuit as shown. *Plug apparatus into variac & turn it to 110V.
    2. To cook 2 hot dogs in parallel, connect the AA shorting lead across the 2 posts on the right side.
    3. To cook 2 hot dogs in series, remove the AA shorting lead. Move the '10A' lead to series position as indicated in the photo.


    *CAUTION - Do NOT touch the hot dog or any metal parts while apparatus is plugged in!