And here is another interesting video, I'm not even sure how I got the
camera into this mode but it captures the discharges really nice. This is
approx 28 inch discharges to a 3/4 inch grounded brass electrode.
https://youtu.be/SWgHnTDrRr8
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Matthew Sweeney <msweeney23@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 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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