RE: Ball lightning

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• Subject: RE: Ball lightning
• From: Bob Schumann <tesla-at-america-dot-com>
• Date: Fri, 8 Nov 96 20:41 EST

[snip]
>Find a compact disc and something like a styrofoam cup to use as a standoff. 
> Remove any rotating trays from your microwave.  Place the cup upside down 
>in the center and place the CD on top.  You can use any non-conductive item 
>to hold the CD up.  Shut the door and run the microwave on HIGH for NO MORE 
>THAN 3 seconds any longer will probably melt the CD and start a fire.  A 
>fire will usually start within six seconds so BE CAREFUL.  If you do this 
>with the lights out you will witness a corona discharge dancing around on 
>the CD surface.  Remove the CD and examine the pattern left in the aluminum 
>foil. COOL.  Of course, I can't be responsible for any damage but I have 
>done this about a four or five times without any ill effects.  I was 
>thinking that if you spaced several CD's apart with spacers and marked their 
>orientation you could generate a 3D map of the lumping effect.
>

I had some fun by putting a CD in range of my coil. As the discharges hit it,
the metal film was seen as being 'vaporized' leaving only the transparent
plastic

Bob

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