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Oh that's not fooling anyone. I came to this thread expecting something along the lines of a GFCI that killed it if it detected a "short". Something like the sawstop but for jacob's ladders.
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Grenadier wrote ...
Oh that's not fooling anyone. I came to this thread expecting something along the lines of a GFCI that killed it if it detected a "short". Something like the sawstop but for jacob's ladders.
Then you just get a board install 4 corner pillars, and install some optical sensors. This way when something like a hand passes through, power is cut :P
If you really wanted one for Halloween all you do us just fence the area off :P
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Grenadier wrote ...
Jacobs ladder + 445nm 1W laser trip sensor FTW. That would look really cool, and be safe.
And then, the poor kid with the pretty metal bracelet, tries to go at it...The laser turns it off, but oh dear god, it shot into his/her eye! Instantly blinded...This is why we use like a 0.1 or 0.01mW laser...
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It was just an idea, it's not like anyone would even consider relying on a laser to protect that little kid from 15,000 volts anyway. However, it would make a beast Halloween prop. I mean who wouldn't like a jacob's ladder inside a laser cage?
Also, I'd rather get a diffused* laser blast to the eye than be electrocuted any day, and I'm sure someone else would too.
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I can touch a NST and probably live given it was one hand....or I can get instantly blinded by a diffused 1W....you do relies these blue 1W will blind you very very quickly, if not instantly, even if it's diffused to say...10ft wide on your face.
But yeah I get your point...
If you want a safe visible beam, get a little smoke from a smoke machine and use a 1mw red. Then it's ladder in smoke :D
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