This “lifter” is a lightweight construction that rises into the air under the action of ionic wind.
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Lifter 80kV
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Ionic Spinners – Briefcase Tesla Coil
This is a long exposure of an ionic spinner with green and blue “neon” fluoro pilot lights rotating on my mini Tesla coil. It shows the corona which is the purple ring of air ionised by high voltage that drives it.
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Ionic spinners
An ionic spinner works by ionised air in corona causing thrust on a wire but it needs DC to work well.
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High Voltage Water Surface Tracking
DC sparks from my flyback supply with a 0.2 uF capacitor providing a spark energy of perhaps 10 joules at 10 kV. In air this spark will jump less than 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) but water surface tracking means that this will be many times longer and gives a widely branching long spark suggesting a much higher voltage.
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High voltage water bridge
A “water bridge” sustained with about 9 kV DC with two drinking glasses filled with deionised water. It extends about 12 mm.
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Exploding Wire Lightning Simulation
A powerful bolt seems to penetrate the car in this exploding wire lightning simulation.
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Coin shrinking one yen
Coin shrinking a Japanese coin to half its diameter while preserving details. Bonsai for coins. You can still see the Japanese characters miniaturized on this one yen coin. “Continue reading” for the details of the huge currents involved to make small change. Continue reading
Argon discharge tube
Some experiments with a custom argon discharge tube.
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Wood burning Fractals
Wood burning fractals (around 2004)
Apply several kV to nails in moist wood and remarkable wood burning fractals appear.
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Can Crusher 1
My earliest can crusher. Can crushing is a sudden constriction of a can using very high induced current.
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