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I'll be sure to wrap those tubes so they are mechanically sound.
However the idea I need advice on is taking a couple hundred feet of
copper magnet wire like the kind you wind on a secondary, and coiling it
up onto a form that sits at one end of a fluorescent tube. Add a tuning
capacitor in parallel to make a tank circuit and using that as an
antenna to extend the range of the wireless light effect. It's like a
crystal radio circuit but it is there to only receive power and no
signal. The winding and capacitor would be visible and part of the cool
retro look.
Any thoughts on that?
On 14-06-05 11:50 AM, Terry L wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Not sure if your receiver idea is practical. However, I do suggest
> that you wrap the hand held fluorescent tubes in clear plastic food
> wrap. This way if they are accidentally dropped the breakage may be
> contained. I do this at Burning Man shows. Just my opinion.
>
> Terry Leonard
>
> On 6/4/2014 7:46 AM, David Boyle wrote:
>> I'd like to make a bunch of 3 foot fluorescent tubes for my upcoming
>> high voltage show at the Ontario Science Center. The idea is to hand out
>> 6 or 7 of these into the audience then turn on the coil with just a very
>> small amount of current from the main variac. So without any visible
>> plasma discharge from the toroid, the lamps light up in the crowd and
>> boosts their anticipation.
>>
>> I'd like to extend the range of these lamps and I thought of putting a
>> tuned receiver onto their ends.
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