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DavesWimshurst:
Hi all,
Bluechip reminded me of my dirod I built about 10 years ago.


a little video


I used to leave it set up on my kitchen table.  One day I had an overly sensitive carbon monoxide detector go off.  I called what I thought would be the non emergency fire department number to check it out.   Minutes later a fire engine and a couple of police cars pulled up in front of my house. After determining there was no real danger one of the police officers looking at the dirod asked "What's that? Q bomb?!"  I explained what it really was and gave a demo of it in action.  It had capacitors attached giving it about a 3 or 4 inch spark.  The police woman said  "We could have used that on tha guy we arrested last Thursday!"  Fortunately everyone laughed.

Dave
 

Bernd:
Dave that looks like a project that needs to be writte up here.  :poke:

Bernd

sbwhart:
Is it what we call a vandograph  :scratch:
 :zap:

Stew

raynerd:
Hey that looks fantastic - have you got any more details about exactly what this is and how it works? I teach science and something like that would look excellent on the side of my lab!! I presume it works in a similar way to the Vandergraph - which we do have and is a LOT of fun!!?

Bluechip:
Hi Folks

You need this ..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=a+d+moore+electrostatic&x=12&y=12

It's all in there, and a whole lot of other delights of HV electrostatics


Dave

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