Subject: Right, let's do this.
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Posted on: 2015-03-28 15:55:00 UTC
Obviously, the Riddler's suggestion that we time 45 minutes is a false lead: we don't know when the door last unlocked! So what we do instead is this:
There are two methods by which we might get electrocuted. One, and the simplest, is that the door handle is electrified. The other is that the floor of the room electrifies if you try the handle. Both of these can be avoided with reference to one fact: rope does not conduct electricity.
(The two other methods are non-starters. Electricity can't be transmitted wirelessly in such a way that you could electrocute someone, and a wired tazer system would need cameras for aiming - which are easy to break)
So: tie one rope around the handle in such a way that we can use it to check whether it's locked. The best option is if we can apply constant pressure, but pulling it every so often is fine too. If all else fails, we'll take the rope apart and wrap the strands around our hand to make a shock-proof 'glove', but that's probably unnecessary. Depends on the design of the handle.
The second rope we coil up and stand on, to insulate us from the floor. We know it's either long or thick enough for this, because it takes an hour to burn! That's quite a lot of rope.
Then, protected from electrocution, we cheerfully test the handle until we find the door is unlocked.
Then we find something flammable and set fire to the Riddler's stronghold. After all, we have to use the lighter for something. ^_~
hS
