RE: Strange Blue Glows Re: [TCML] Energy accumulation on TC.

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

I would add that I too have never seen any observable persistence in light bulbs or florescent tubes.  I think what you observed as the tube was passed back to you is not phosphor persistence - it's simply YOU retaining a static charge relative to the person who handed you the tube.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

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> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:02 AM
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> Subject: Re: Strange Blue Glows Re: [TCML] Energy accumulation on TC.
>
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>
> In a message dated 2/29/08 5:20:46 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> >In  all my tests I have *never* seen any effects after the power was turned
> off  :-(
>
>     Persistence of the glow from phosphors in  fluorescent bulbs can last
> several minutes as well.
>
>     I guess it's worth revisiting that years ago I got  a fluorescent bulb to
> flash when I touched it, after I had drawn  topload arcs through my body and
> *after* the coil had been turned off. Passing  the bulb to other people who
> had been in close proximity to the  running coil had no effect, but it still
> flashed when they gave it back to me.  Unfortunately, it's an experiment that
> nobody should duplicate, so I wonder if  we'll ever know what was really going
> on. Maybe one day I'll see if I can  electrify a steak or a bag of Jello and get
> the same effect.
>
> -Phil LaBudde
>
> Center for the Advanced Study of Ballistic  Improbabilities

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