Ball shaped and lightning, just don't call it ....
Tesladownunder, Sat Sept 29 2007, 04:23PMAn interesting photo I took today.
TDU
Re: Ball shaped and lightning, just don't call it ....
Dalus, Sat Sept 29 2007, 04:31PM
two rotating electrodes?
Dalus, Sat Sept 29 2007, 04:31PM
two rotating electrodes?
Re: Ball shaped and lightning, just don't call it ....
uzzors2k, Sat Sept 29 2007, 05:03PM
Awesome picture. It looks like you used a length of thin wire, split in the middle and tied together with non-conductive wire. How you got the sparks to spread I don't know.
uzzors2k, Sat Sept 29 2007, 05:03PM
Awesome picture. It looks like you used a length of thin wire, split in the middle and tied together with non-conductive wire. How you got the sparks to spread I don't know.
Re: Ball shaped and lightning, just don't call it ....
Carbon_Rod, Sat Sept 29 2007, 06:39PM
TDU,
Thats a nice photo... long shutter speed I assume?
and thank you for not mentioning the b-word...
here is some hv water tricks that you may like to see:
hints at the possibility of liquid leaders...
Carbon_Rod, Sat Sept 29 2007, 06:39PM
TDU,
Thats a nice photo... long shutter speed I assume?
and thank you for not mentioning the b-word...
here is some hv water tricks that you may like to see:
hints at the possibility of liquid leaders...
Re: Ball shaped and lightning, just don't call it ....
Tesladownunder, Sat Sept 29 2007, 06:57PM
Correct. I used 2 or 3 feet of heavy nylon fishing line between copper wires connecting the toroid to the basketball hoop. Exposure was 5 seconds. The sparks were fairly heavy power arcs and would tend to rise. I was surprised when I saw the photo which was a quick last one and rather late at night. It does open up a lot of other possibilities photographically though.
TDU
PEter
Tesladownunder, Sat Sept 29 2007, 06:57PM
Uzzors wrote ...
It looks like you used a length of thin wire, split in the middle and tied together with non-conductive wire. How you got the sparks to spread I don't know.
It looks like you used a length of thin wire, split in the middle and tied together with non-conductive wire. How you got the sparks to spread I don't know.
Correct. I used 2 or 3 feet of heavy nylon fishing line between copper wires connecting the toroid to the basketball hoop. Exposure was 5 seconds. The sparks were fairly heavy power arcs and would tend to rise. I was surprised when I saw the photo which was a quick last one and rather late at night. It does open up a lot of other possibilities photographically though.
TDU
PEter
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