Re: 6 foot spark making device.

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Essentially a plasma sphere type device.  Probably argon filled.
Flyback type source at the bottom.
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Subject: 6 foot spark making device.


 > Original poster: "Gary Weaver" <gary350-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 >
 > I noticed a spark making device standing in the corner of the room in a
 > restaurant.  It stands about 7" tall with a 4" diameter x 6 ft. tall clear
 > plastic pipe on top of a metal box.  It makes 6 foot sparks the full
length
 > of the inside of the pipe.  I did not see any wires going to the top end
of
 > the pipe to attract the sparks.   It makes me think this device is a Tesla
 > Coil built inside a metal box with the high voltage terminal connected to
 > one end of the pipe.  The pipe must be filled with some type of conductive
 > gas.   The gas is transparent and the sparks are white.  There is no
 > manufacture name tag on the front side of the metal box and I did not want
 > to move the device to check the back side of the box.  I touched the
 > plastic pipe and the sparks were attracted to me.
 >
 > Gary Weaver
 >
 >