Here is a second video with discharges direct to a grounded steel
hemisphere.
Again, I apologize for the image quality.
The discharge lengths here are approx 10 inches.
FYI: This is a negatively charged VDG.
https://youtu.be/87jKlm77YXo
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Matthew Sweeney <msweeney23@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> OK here is the first video I've been able to capture, yes it is terrible
> quality but does capture the discharges I'm seeing.
>
> I'm working on getting a better capture going so please bear with me.
>
> For reference the collector you can see is 14 Inches in diameter, approx 5
> feet off the ground.
>
> https://youtu.be/uddGVHsVnfg
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Ed <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I made a 'radial dirod' generator. Far less output of course but in the
>> dark the sparks between the terminals showed that behavior with direction
>> of straight part reversing from discharge to discharge. Far more
>> spectacular with a VDG of course.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> On 1/9/2016 7:25 AM, Antonio Queiroz wrote:
>>
>>> Em 08/01/2016 14:20, msweeney23@xxxxxxxxx escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Hi all, im seeing some behavior i cannot explain with my current
>>>> non-pumped VDG and hoping we could start a discussion.
>>>>
>>>> The machine is using a 14" steel collector and 10 ft latex belt. It is
>>>> running beautifully without a traditional corona ring or opening radius due
>>>> to a non-conductive corona-ring like solution i found by accident (imagine
>>>> a 1 inch thick smooth rubber ring just below the collector opening).
>>>>
>>>> Here is what i am seeing:
>>>>
>>>> The collector charges quickly and without any leakage and spontaneously
>>>> throws off hot loud discharges into empty air. The discharge starts off as
>>>> a normal straight single spark for about 2-4 inches then suddenly branches
>>>> off into 4 fainter thick ones reaching 10-20 inches out finally terminating
>>>> in a blue 'mist'.
>>>>
>>>> This is typical positive positive corona, with a straight initial
>>> segment followed by many branches. If the sound is loud, probably they are
>>> terminating in something nearby, forming a "failed spark", with a "pop"
>>> sound, where a bright spark channel is not seen. Look at what happens in
>>> the dark to see more details. It's really difficult to photograph the
>>> phenomenon. If you look carefully at a normal spark, you see the initial
>>> straight segment, and possibly faint lines where it ends, one or more of
>>> them developing into the normal spark. If the terminal were negative you
>>> would see similar formations at conductors approximated to the terminal.
>>>
>>> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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