25kv high voltage arc

[eekcage]

tis a marx gen? not firing on all cylinders, 10kv at most

[00011theman]

hold it with your hand...retard

[wdowa94]

This is from CRT? AC/DC transformator?

[Theryolinator]

touched a plasma ball arc once: / it went through to my other arm and it smelled burnt flesh+ a small mark on my thumb, not just as powerful as this one though

[nattsurfaren]

What level of physical damage can you get if you touch it by accident?

[MacsCanfly]

touch it with one hand you scare the shit out of you touch it with two and your heart stops

[00011theman]

@nattsurfaren one side of you body to another you will die

[Borduino]

@00011theman :facepalm: look at the cap´s. They´re much too small to kill you.

[00011theman]

@Borduino Just because a cap is small that doesnt mean it cant kill you. You go touch it.*facepalm*

[Borduino]

@00011theman This Caps ARE to small to kill a healthy person! They may have aprox. 1-5 nF each. This means the energy stored in the cw multipler is much less than 1J. And I think the output of the mutipler wont be 10 mA @ 10kV. So it wont kill you if you touch it.

[quantumbits]

Hey move that closer to your keyboard. its really cool :)

[darrenhello2]

hey.. what is the purpose of all that varistors???

[Mosfet510]

They are HV caps used with diodes in a voltage multiplying series, the more stages there are, the higher the voltage.

[Littl3W]

this is not arc

this is spark from voltage multiplier

[zezimashock]

why are arc's and sparks not the same?

[Littl3W]

read theory about electric discharges

[zezimashock]

ow srry :D

i just like knowledge :D

so a spark is short in duration

a arc not ?

[Littl3W]

it's very basic definition, but it is true

[zezimashock]

so i did learn somthing !

:D

thanks :D

[holycrapapie]

A spark is when the electricity quickly discharges into the air, or whatever mediun you choose.

An arc, on the other hand, is when after the spark has, well, sparked. If the voltage (and amps, ofc) is enough to form a continous spark, and that's what we call an arc. :D

[jovicakluk]

hmmmm i dont think those arcs are 30 milli amps they would be white hot if they were 30 milli amps

[Xxero0]

dude. i have two 120 terminals (small) in my room, and it plugs into an outlets, but the current is lowered to 300mA. the arcs, although small, are usually a bluish color. but it can be yellow, white, turqoise, blue, purple, and sometims red. it just depends on the concentratoin of argon in the area of the arc.

[jovicakluk]

umm you obvioously dont know what your talking about , go read some books then lecture me

[Xxero0]

ok, plug a step down transformer into in outlet. you get two wires at 120 volts, and 300mA. mine runs through a UV light, so theres no wires, theyre more or less terminals. when you get them to arc via wire, you see a color. this can lots of colors. if theres carbon in the area, it will be an orange color (same with salt or sodium). the concentration of argon gas also determines the color. if its high, it will apear blue-white. if its low, it will apear in other colors.

[kylesenior]

The argon concentration in the atmosphere is very small, and no way influencing the colour of the spark.. The grammar is horrible and I can't tell what your saying

[Xxero0]

Of course there's a very small concentration of argon in the air. What is it, like 1% or something like that? Oxygen and nitrogen effect the color same with the argon. It's be a while since that little set up of mine broke, so I've lost some experience with it. All I know is the argon gas DOES effect the color. Concentrations of other elements also effect it. For an example, less argon and more sodium means more orange. More argon and less sodium means more white. Usually it's blueish.

[kylesenior]

The colour is dependent on the current, a low current arc, under 10ma with be purple, a medium current arc, 10-1000mA will be orange to white, and a high current such as from a capacitor (like in a CW multiplyer) or a small surge from a power socket will be white to blue.

Go on wiki and look for colour temperature

[Xxero0]

No, the brightness depends on the current.

low=purple

moderate=blue

high-white

very high-yellow

[kylesenior]

Half of your argument backs me up while the other disagrees, are you bipolar of something?

[Xxero0]

You know, I am bipolar, but that has nothing to do with being bipolar. Bipolar is where you can be happy one minute, and be pissing out an angry cat the next.

[CrashByron]

Whats the specs on your caps and diodes? how many volts are you feeding it?

[Biohazardousbunny]

OMG thats so cool where can I buy one of these or how do I make it?

[WarezWally]

You cannot buy one but its not to hard to make.

[twirlywirly55]

u can buy a 25kv dc power supply from amazing 1 for 24.99

[thomasking55]

A USB device?

[Aeryk333]

Cool!

[WarezWally]

Correct, it runs of a small nst which runs of 12v DC

[Aeryk333]

Is it a Cockroft-Walton type multiplier? I suppose its mains supplied.