Re: [TCML] Fire on Tesla Coil

[Ben Buxton <bb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I put a balsa wood airplane on top of my 4" TC to see if I could get some good pics of sparks coming off of the airplane. It took about 1 second to catch the airplane on fire. I didn't have time to take any pictures. LOL. 
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This reminds me of a totally amazing effect I discovered with my TC.

I was running it at a BBQ I hosted (as you do..), and using my earthed 
butchers glove, I held out a used wooden kebab skewer to the streamers. 
The streamers lept to the skewer and it just glowed bright orange and 
looked like a glowing flint along the whole length, but when I pulled it 
back, it looked like a normal wooden skewer, just very hot. No scorch 
marks, just normal unburnt wood colour.

It totally mesmerised everyone who was watching. It was as if the wood 
was burning from the inside. Only after holding it arcing for long 
enough did flames start shooting out from pinholes.

If you've got a mesh glove, it's definitely worth trying out - I suspect 
fat soaked into the skewer helps too.

BB
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