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VICIOUS Jacob's Ladder - Pole Pig 10KW

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TeslaJunky
Tue Apr 17 2012, 12:32AM Print
TeslaJunky Registered Member #3037 Joined: Mon Jul 26 2010, 06:42PM
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 20
 		Here's my product of working the garage for a few hours:

Pole Pig Powered, 14700 V ballasted to 10kw by an arc welder

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO

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klugesmith
Tue Apr 17 2012, 04:48AM
klugesmith Registered Member #2099 Joined: Wed Apr 29 2009, 12:22AM
Location: Los Altos, California
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 		Pretty spectacular.
Are you running it from a 240 volt circuit?
Have you measured the primary current yet?
How does it vary as the arc climbs?
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radiotech
Tue Apr 17 2012, 05:40AM
radiotech Registered Member #2463 Joined: Wed Nov 11 2009, 03:49AM
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 		Your photo shows an accident waiting to kill someone. Where are your barrier guards?

A Tesla coil is one thing. That image could lead others to a lethal conclusion.
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kilovolt
Tue Apr 17 2012, 08:58AM
kilovolt Registered Member #2018 Joined: Tue Mar 10 2009, 09:56AM
Location: Switzerland
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 		Nice arcs! I love big hv-transformers smile

Regards kilovolt
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Tetris
Tue Apr 17 2012, 03:35PM
Tetris Registered Member #4016 Joined: Thu Jul 21 2011, 01:52AM
Location: Gainesville, FL
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 		HOLY SHI- That is one HUGE jacob's ladder! OMFA Where did you <i>get</i> the pig? :< I want one.. lol. That... is... too epic. :P Next halloween, put that out... far from where you are giving out the candy. Tape their reactions. I got some pretty big reactions and tons of scared people with my tiny 7.5kv 30mA NST crappy ladder. I can only imagine what it would be like with <i>that</i> monster!
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sngecko
Tue Apr 17 2012, 07:40PM
sngecko Registered Member #3447 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 11:10PM
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 		While visiting a fellow HV enthusiast with my 4 year old daughter, the guy opened up his garage and showed us his Jacob's Ladder. It looked almost exactly like this one. Those were some amazing arcs.

Like Klugesmith, I would really like some real time data synced to the video that shows the arc current as it climbs.
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2Spoons
Tue Apr 17 2012, 10:06PM
2Spoons Registered Member #2939 Joined: Fri Jun 25 2010, 04:25AM
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 		Wonderful! How long before the air in your garage became unbreathable? NO2 generation by that arc must be pretty bad.
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Tetris
Wed Apr 18 2012, 04:12PM
Tetris Registered Member #4016 Joined: Thu Jul 21 2011, 01:52AM
Location: Gainesville, FL
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2Spoons wrote ...

Wonderful! How long before the air in your garage became unbreathable? NO2 generation by that arc must be pretty bad.
I can imagine him just bursting out laughing after a while. *someone on the phone calls him* "
"What is that noise?"
"It's *bwahahahhah* my *heeehahaaa* Jacob's Ladder... *BWAHAHAHAHHHA!*

Then he gets axphyxiated and it isn't "funny" anymore. :P
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Thomas W
Wed Apr 18 2012, 05:02PM
Thomas W Registered Member #3324 Joined: Sun Oct 17 2010, 06:57PM
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2Spoons wrote ...

Wonderful! How long before the air in your garage became unbreathable? NO2 generation by that arc must be pretty bad.

I think when the arcs go Firery hot, the Ozone and such created is rather low, it gets burnt up or summin cheesey, the staticy arcs are the worst for Ozone
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Forty
Wed Apr 18 2012, 05:39PM
Forty Registered Member #3888 Joined: Sun May 15 2011, 09:50PM
Location: Erie, PA
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 		@ highvoltagechick: N2O is what makes you laugh (nitrous oxide), NO2 is a poisonous red gas (nitrogen dioxide.) Just wanted to clear that up before you (or a reader) try huffing jacobs ladder fumes lol.

Tom: I think you're right, high temp arcs make more NO2 while corona makes more ozone, or at least that's what I've experienced so far.

Teslajunky: 10kw, wow. very cool. I'm surprised your electrodes hold up. Have you tried it with longer electrodes for a higher climb?
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