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Arcs produce Nitrogen dioxide, not ozone. Try putting a glass jar over you Jacob's ladder - in a few minutes you will notice the gas inside has a brownish tinge to it : that's nitrogen dioxide. Ozone is produced by corona discharge. Both are nasty, and toxic.
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Like 2Spoons was saying, an arc from a jacob's Ladder won't make much ozone. A small disruptive discharge Tesla coil will make lots of ozone or you can even make an ozone generator with plates of glass, aluminum foil and a fan. It smells refreshing at first and then you get use to it and don't notice it much. It's best not to be exposed to it for very long.
Gah... I kept my garage door open when doing it. My sinuses were clogged before doing it, so I didn't notice it until my mom told me that it smells weird. O_O
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HighVoltageChick wrote ...
I was trying to get my Jacob's Ladder to work, and had been working on it for 8 hours. Now on my computer everything is wavy and I am dizzy. Did I just get high off of ozone? O_O
I just can't imagine why anyone would have to work 8 hours trying to get a Jacob's Ladder to work! They are as simple a circuit as you can possibly have. Just two pieces of coat hanger wire and a transformer. I can ususually get a Jacob's Ladder up and running in ten minutes tops! So, why did it take you 8 hours?
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Xray wrote ...
I just can't imagine why anyone would have to work 8 hours trying to get a Jacob's Ladder to work! They are as simple a circuit as you can possibly have. Just two pieces of coat hanger wire and a transformer. I can ususually get a Jacob's Ladder up and running in ten minutes tops! So, why did it take you 8 hours?
I was trying to get my Jacob's Ladder to work, and had been working on it for 8 hours. Now on my computer everything is wavy and I am dizzy. Did I just get high off of ozone? O_O
I just can't imagine why anyone would have to work 8 hours trying to get a Jacob's Ladder to work! They are as simple a circuit as you can possibly have. Just two pieces of coat hanger wire and a transformer. I can ususually get a Jacob's Ladder up and running in ten minutes tops! So, why did it take you 8 hours?
because i have a very low power transformer (30a, 7.5kv and i wanted the arc to start on its own. ive got it to do it befre.
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HighVoltageChick wrote ...
Xray wrote ...
HighVoltageChick wrote ...
I was trying to get my Jacob's Ladder to work, and had been working on it for 8 hours. Now on my computer everything is wavy and I am dizzy. Did I just get high off of ozone? O_O
I just can't imagine why anyone would have to work 8 hours trying to get a Jacob's Ladder to work! They are as simple a circuit as you can possibly have. Just two pieces of coat hanger wire and a transformer. I can ususually get a Jacob's Ladder up and running in ten minutes tops! So, why did it take you 8 hours?
because i have a very low power transformer (30a, 7.5kv and i wanted the arc to start on its own. ive got it to do it befre.
Oh, okay, that makes sense! (except of course your typo "30a" should be "30mA"). You are correct that it's often difficult to get a lower voltage transformer to consistantly initiate an arc. And the vertical wires need to be set at just the right angle. Anyhow, you are very tenacious! I would have given up and looked around for a higher voltage transformer after about 30 minutes!
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Can you get high off of ozone?
