Re: Jacob's Ladder

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Mark,

It should work fine but ladders generate a LOT of heat.  It may overheat really
fast unless you have a large volume of gas or only run it for a short time. 
The convection currents in the gas my be "odd" in a sealed container too. 
Experimentation would tell all.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 03:17 PM 12/7/2001 -0500, you wrote: 
>
> Hey, 
> I was wondering if the electrodes of a jacob's ladder could be put inside a
> sealed jar filled with low pressure argon or helium so a longer arc could be
> obtained from a lower powered source? This way a flyback that could produce a
> 1/2-1" arc might be able to do two inches and have a thicker arc resembling
> the streamers of commercial plasma globes. 
>
> Mark