[rescue] I'm not an EE Q - clarification

[roosmcd at dds.nl]

> > (I have seen welding rods being melted by car batteries. Kind of
> > amusing, until they start melting the plastic casing on the battery.)
> I have been told that shorting a car battery out this way will generate
> X-rays...?

 No way :). X-ray tubes uses kV's, my tube needs about 25kV. No way this will 
happen with a 12V car battery, even with a real x-ray tube.

 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/xtube.html

  greetings,
   Michiel