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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2220873, member: 15929&quot;]No, it does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Get a 9V battery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wire up a compatible light to the battery on the positive pole with extra wire after the light that has 1/2 of insulation stripped from it. A flashlight battery would work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Add a wire to the negative pole and strip 1/2 of insulation from the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Get a bowl of tap water and a bowl of distilled water.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stick the open ends of the wires in the tap water bowl. The light will light up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stick the open ends of the wires into the distilled water bowl. The light will NOT light up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tap water is filled with minerals which are actually what conducts the electricity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Distilled water does not have the necessary mineral to conduct the electricity.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the PRIMARY reasons that distilled water is used in Steam Irons. To avoid electrocution when the water over flows the iron storage area as its being filled.</p><p><br /></p><p>I say this because this was a science experiment for my son in grade school and that year I learned that distilled water does NOT conduct electricity. I thought it did but was wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://water.usgs.gov/edu/electrical-conductivity.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://water.usgs.gov/edu/electrical-conductivity.html" rel="nofollow">http://water.usgs.gov/edu/electrical-conductivity.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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