Re: Anyone ever successful with Ball Lightning generation here. . . .

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Golka lied about a lot of things and this may be another one of them.

He lied to me.  He lied to Bill Wysock.

He is persona non grata around here.

Dr. Resonance



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> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
>
>
> >>Golka uses a 150-kW transformer capable of providing 10,000 A at 15-V 60
> >>cycles; thick 1-in. stranded wire leading into a plastic tank with
water;
> >>and a 1/4-in. thick 4 ¥ 6-in. aluminum plate. The wire and plate are
short
> >>circuited about 1/4 in. below the surface of the water and this produces
1/4
> >>in. dia. fireballs. They sizzle and hiss and skim around on the surface,
> >>occasionally taking to the air and leaving spiraling smoke trails that
> >>suggest the balls are spinning.
> >>Golka has seen these fireballs dance onto the floor and he reports them
hot
> >>to the touch. Their color is white with an aluminum electrode and yellow
> >>with iron.
>
>
> >>There is no theory for ball lightning,
>
> There are many.
>
> >> although in Golka's case his fireballs consume the aluminum and may
>
> >>obtain their energy from the burning of the metal.
>
> > Hmmm...if this is considered ball lightning, then I generated it
> > myself when I was about eight years old and stuck a piece of wire in
> > an AC outlet!
>
> Did it have 150,000A available?
> Things DO change at high power levels.
>
> > Seriously, you short out anything with a decent amount
> > of current and you'll get lots of little "fireballs" (i.e. globs of
> > molten metal) skittering around.
>
> Which differs from the common observation of BL:
> too short lived, for one.
>
> > Who knows, maybe ball lighting is the same type of thing on a
>
> > larger scale.
>
> Possibly, tho i suspect not quite.
> This was my point earlier:
> MANY things create 'glowing balls'.
> BL is generally longer lived than just cooling
> metal (as from fork in outlet), appears to pass thru
> panes of glass, appears to lack an ongoing, external
> power source.  Dr Uman, (a noted lightning professional),
> or Barry, for 'observational definitions'.
>
> > At any rate I have seen footage of Golka's experiment, and
>
> > I think that article is way off base giving him credit for
>
> > the first lab-created ball lightning.
>
> I would tend to concur, tho it may be that 'lab' BL
> is gonna be different (lower powered?) than 'wild'
> BL.
>
>
> best
> dwp
>
> ...the net of a million lies...
> Vernor Vinge
> There are Many Web Sites which Say Many Things.
> -me
>
>