Re: Holy Crap! - I tried it - No plasma ball yet...

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Original poster: "BRIAN FOLEY" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi, well in the original report it said they were using a clay pipe, so i
suspect using glass would insulate the electrode where clay is porus and
would conduct electricity once hit with salt water. got any clay pipe,
something with fine porosity maybe a molecular sieve type material? I also
think in the original article it said 500 micro farad at 5000 volts. cul
brian f.
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Subject: Re: Holy Crap! - I tried it - No plasma ball yet...


> Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> At 11:50 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
> >Silly subject line but worth it, slightly off topic, but I think
> >everyone here is gonna want to see this.
> >http://www.physorg.com/news68812957.html
>
> I tired it but I think the capacitor value IS 0.0005 Farads after all.
>
> Here is the setup I had:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/files/plasma-ball/SetUp-01.JPG
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/files/plasma-ball/SetUp-02.JPG
>
> At 4500V with 525nF I could push 250 amps:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/files/plasma-ball/Current.gif
>
> But I just did not seem to have enough energy at all.  I used salt
> water in the same concentration as sea water (aquarium salt).
>
> It all did "look right" though.  I think the tube needs to be 1/8 to
> 1/2 inch below the water surface.  With it vary shallow I could get a
> "spark" but it was far from a plasma ball.  With a 500uF capacitor at
> 5000V  There would be 1000X more power at 6250 Joules which seems
> like just what it needs.  I think the water absorbs a lot of the
> energy so the "explosion" is not as dramatic as one would expect.
>
> I don't have a big capacitor so I am stuck at this point.  Maybe
> someone with a can crusher would have the capacitance to go further
> though.  I'll ping the Denver Mad Scientists to see if anyone there
> has a big cap...
>
> The SISG seem to love it and works perfectly and it could easily take
> the bigger caps power :-)))
>
> Cheers,
>
>          Terry
>
>
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