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Holy sht this reminds me of something similar. I remember when I was really small like 5 I saw my grandpa take a screw driver, stick it in an outlet and see the screw driver light up. He then pulled the screw driver out and put it somewhere.
I then took the screw driver and tried to replicate what he did. I must have been touching the metal part of the screw driver because I remember getting shocked when I tried to put the screw driver into the socket. I put the screw driver back and never told anyone.
The famous dual mode screw driver. Very convenient.
Did grandpa's screwdriver look like this?
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No i remember it was an actual screw driver with what looked like a fuse in it.
It would have been one of these
Looks aboot right but i dont think it had the protective sleeve around it otherwise i wouldnt have been shocked lol. This happened like 20+ years ago in China.
Oh yeah, this would be the modern (read: slightly safer) version