It may seem like a dumb question but....

donfers

let's say my mobile phone is out of charge and I need to use it urgently, then can I use one of those publicly available defibrillators to try and get it going?

The_Valeyard

Yes. Yes you can. Give it a go and come back and tell us what percentage you got a charge to.

James Bond Junior

You're right, it was a dumb question.

smash

Have you not tried the microwave?

LDN_Irish

Why would you bother when you can just carry around a lemon and a knife?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E-j8mPUDjRs

Be careful though because you might get done for carrying a weapon. But just explain that you aren't going to throw the lemon at anyone or squeeze the juice in people's eyes and you should be grand.

donfers

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Yes. Yes you can. Give it a go and come back and tell us what percentage you got a charge to.

cool beans - will have a crack off the yoke if I can figure out how it works

At 4% at the moment and have a ton of apps on this thing so if this isn't an emergency I don't know what is

SEPT 23 1989

You will need to hold a piece of metal at the same time to achieve maximum charge

stoplooklisten

yes, that's what they are really there for


life saving situations ... like your phone being out of battery

never mind the people dying, they're probably fakers

ToddyDoody

No you can't used an AED but you could rub a balloon against it while laying it on a carpet to charge it via the static charge.

EndaHonesty

donfers wrote: »

let's say my mobile phone is out of charge and I need to use it urgently, then can I use one of those publicly available defibrillators to try and get it going?

Yes. Yes you can.

Please ask someone else to film it while you're doing it though.
Everyone needs to see your kind of special.

poa

Still haven't charged my old skool Nokia 3210 after 2 weeks.
Apps? No thanks.
I would rather have a dumb phone that I don't need to charge daily/twice daily thanks.

Ted_YNWA

have you tried turning it off & back on again?

Alf Stewart.

poa wrote: »

Still haven't charged my old skool Nokia 3210 after 2 weeks.
Apps? No thanks.
I would rather have a dumb phone that I don't need to charge daily/twice daily thanks.

I haven't charged mine in 48 years mate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kf_RYVt2XQ

esforum

If that fails, flag down the Gardai or an ambulance and tell them to plug it into the cigarette lighter. Should be grand

poa

poa wrote: »

Still haven't charged my old skool Nokia 3210 after 2 weeks.
Apps? No thanks.
I would rather have a dumb phone that I don't need to charge daily/twice daily thanks.

Yep. We know the real reason from the other thread.

elstingeo

No you cannot. A public defibrillator is for those who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are not toys. You may use a phone box if your call is urgent. If you unpack one an alarm may go out to alert others to it being used or it may not. Also the device speaks to the user telling them how to use it. I know you're joking. But if you have ever had to use one in real life in a person then you'd never want to joke about it again..

They represent a lifeline between the user and ambulance to preserve the life of the patient. Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. Go into penny's or argos and buy a portable charging block for your phone for future use..

recylingbin

elstingeo wrote: »

No you cannot. A public defibrillator is for those who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are not toys. You may use a phone box if your call is urgent. If you unpack one an alarm may go out to alert others to it being used or it may not. Also the device speaks to the user telling them how to use it. I know you're joking. But if you have ever had to use one in real life in a person then you'd never want to joke about it again..

They represent a lifeline between the user and ambulance to preserve the life of the patient. Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. Go into penny's or argos and buy a portable charging block for your phone for future use..

Link?

gctest50

elstingeo wrote: »

......... Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. ...............

sure why else would they put a USB port on them ?


http://i.imgur.com/tdwyEs2.jpg

fineso.mom

elstingeo wrote: »

No you cannot. A public defibrillator is for those who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are not toys. You may use a phone box if your call is urgent. If you unpack one an alarm may go out to alert others to it being used or it may not. Also the device speaks to the user telling them how to use it. I know you're joking. But if you have ever had to use one in real life in a person then you'd never want to joke about it again..

They represent a lifeline between the user and ambulance to preserve the life of the patient. Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. Go into penny's or argos and buy a portable charging block for your phone for future use..

Would it be ok to use it to try and restart a sense of humour that has flatlined ??
☺

Cee-Jay-Cee

A quicker method is to get a piece of coat hanger and jam it into the headphone jack port and the other end into the right hand hole on a socket and switch the socket on. You only need a few seconds so be ready to switch the socket off after 2 to 3 seconds max.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

A quicker method is to get a piece of coat hanger and jam it into the headphone jack port and the other end into the right hand hole on a socket and switch the socket on. You only need a few seconds so be ready to switch the socket off after 2 to 3 seconds max.

Be careful. I once decided to throw out some insane advice to a fella for the craic, to see if he'd follow it. He'd been using a wooden stick to measure how much kerosene was left in his tank at home when he dropped it, and the stick fell into the oil.

I said to him it wouldn't do any harm, but if he did wanna get it back quickly then he should fill up the tank with water using the garden hosepipe, and the stick would float up to the top & he could grab it.

So he did.

esforum

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Be careful. I once decided to throw out some insane advice to a fella for the craic, to see if he'd follow it. He'd been using a wooden stick to measure how much kerosene was left in his tank at home when he dropped it, and the stick fell into the oil.

I said to him it wouldn't do any harm, but if he did wanna get it back quickly then he should fill up the tank with water using the garden hosepipe, and the stick would float up to the top & he could grab it.

So he did.

is this person still alive and have children? there goes the theory of evolution

Birneybau

elstingeo wrote: »

No you cannot. A public defibrillator is for those who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are not toys. You may use a phone box if your call is urgent. If you unpack one an alarm may go out to alert others to it being used or it may not. Also the device speaks to the user telling them how to use it. I know you're joking. But if you have ever had to use one in real life in a person then you'd never want to joke about it again..

They represent a lifeline between the user and ambulance to preserve the life of the patient. Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. Go into penny's or argos and buy a portable charging block for your phone for future use..

Captain

Birneybau

elstingeo wrote: »

No you cannot. A public defibrillator is for those who have experienced cardiac arrest. They are not toys. You may use a phone box if your call is urgent. If you unpack one an alarm may go out to alert others to it being used or it may not. Also the device speaks to the user telling them how to use it. I know you're joking. But if you have ever had to use one in real life in a person then you'd never want to joke about it again..

They represent a lifeline between the user and ambulance to preserve the life of the patient. Not an alternative charger for a mobile phone.. Go into penny's or argos and buy a portable charging block for your phone for future use..

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Buzzkill

Capt'n Midnight

You could use an OTG cable to get a jump start from someone else's mobile.