tim-from-pa
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Very rejuvenating to say the least>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-AS13fl30
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Maybe one day I'll build one of these....
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Electron Return Path
Greetings Tim.
I choose NOT to run various
web browser enhancements for security reasons,
so I passed up the video:
But I assume this is about an Arc Generator ?
I too am intrigued by high voltage and static discharge.
A little judicious search engine sluthing should render an easily attained plan:
I suspect an old Cathode-Ray Tube computer monitor
would have the current source you need, and you may
save the owner some brain damage from nasty radiation.
My electronics teacher made one from an old TV set
and two thick alumium wires suspended in a V.
The arc would start at the bottom where the wires were close and
the would rise because of the heat
until the wires were too far apart for the voltage to jump,
then restart at the bottom.
Needless to say it can be a lot more fun watching,
if you are unclear on the dangers of this voltage.
If memory serves me, it takes about 25,000 volts
to jump an arc ONE inch in dry open air. Once ionized
the arc will sustain at a slightly lower voltage; still
easily capable of some nasty burns on a good day.
On a bad day...
ask Uzza, about his high voltage demise:
Take care.
Greetings Tim.
I choose NOT to run various
web browser enhancements for security reasons,
so I passed up the video:
But I assume this is about an Arc Generator ?
I too am intrigued by high voltage and static discharge.
A little judicious search engine sluthing should render an easily attained plan:
I suspect an old Cathode-Ray Tube computer monitor
would have the current source you need, and you may
save the owner some brain damage from nasty radiation.
My electronics teacher made one from an old TV set
and two thick alumium wires suspended in a V.
The arc would start at the bottom where the wires were close and
the would rise because of the heat
until the wires were too far apart for the voltage to jump,
then restart at the bottom.
Needless to say it can be a lot more fun watching,
if you are unclear on the dangers of this voltage.
If memory serves me, it takes about 25,000 volts
to jump an arc ONE inch in dry open air. Once ionized
the arc will sustain at a slightly lower voltage; still
easily capable of some nasty burns on a good day.
On a bad day...
ask Uzza, about his high voltage demise:
( see 1 Chronicles 13: 9-10 )
Take care.
tim-from-pa
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No, this is not static--- it's a video of a 16-foot-high Tesla coil throwing lightning bolts all over the place. A Tesla coil uses resonance and is not electrostatic arcs.
tim-from-pa
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Vic C. said:tim_from_pa":g5l9qj2e]Very rejuvenating to say the least>> [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-AS13fl30 said:
You and Rick should hook up and build one together. :D[/quote:g5l9qj2e]
In all seriousness, Nikola Tesla I believe was a genius on the same order as Einstein. I read a book about him at one time and was very impressed. He had a dream (and it almost materialized) of transmitting power (not radio signals but actual power) thru the air for great distances. He was from another world and to this very day I don't think they have all his stuff figured out yet. Here's a link to his picture---->http://www.inventors-day.com/de/images/Nikola Tesla.jpg
Trial Run
Ok, so I tried to build one today during my lunch break.
But I didnt try it at home, so it mustve been safe.
Ultimately I tried building a Jacobs Ladder.
Very biblical, I might add.
I took the cover off an old 14" CRT monitor,
that was sitting on a pallet in a snowbank
outside the shop for the last couple months,
and unhooked the high voltage anode from the
picture tube.
With the annode and cathode connected to a
crude ladder, and it managed to get about a
1 1/2 inch arc on it for a few seconds
before something fried.
This mightve worked continously
if I hadnt been so greedy about the initial
re-strike distance. Maybe I'll keep the ladder
and try for a larger high voltage source.
Ok, so I tried to build one today during my lunch break.
But I didnt try it at home, so it mustve been safe.
Ultimately I tried building a Jacobs Ladder.
Very biblical, I might add.
I took the cover off an old 14" CRT monitor,
that was sitting on a pallet in a snowbank
outside the shop for the last couple months,
and unhooked the high voltage anode from the
picture tube.
With the annode and cathode connected to a
crude ladder, and it managed to get about a
1 1/2 inch arc on it for a few seconds
before something fried.
This mightve worked continously
if I hadnt been so greedy about the initial
re-strike distance. Maybe I'll keep the ladder
and try for a larger high voltage source.
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Lewis W said:
Was that the one about how he kind of went loony toons in his advancing years and lived in a hotel room with no contact to the outside world? It sounded a little bit like Einstein's waning years too. It seems that genius can take its toll on mere mortals.
On the subject of transmitting power without wires, Intel is hard at work on Tesla-style wireless power transmission which they believe is the future of powering devices like keyboards, mice, cel phones, and just about anything else that is commonly wireless and uses batteries today.