Variable-intensity sparks using Bonetti machine

[HorizonDelta]

kool



[jeroen107b]

it would've been better if you used a better camera?

[FrozenHaxor2]

lol 1 fps

[advthinker]

Can we do what they say cant be done! like charge a battery for my electric car.

[acika72]

put your finger in there ahha :P :D lol :P !

[computerfreaq17]

Nice slide show!

[Jimas1991997]

maybe he made the video with adope after effects??

[Sleazied]

1/2 FPS?

[airsoftiguana]

BILL nye THE science GUY

[yellowmetalcyborg]

Not to get too personal, but are you a physics teacher? Because you look like a physics teacher at my school...

[awesomelightning]

What's Bonnetti Machine? I know what a Leyden Jar is, from lightning obsession, but I never heard of this thig.

[magx1]

@awesomelightning

A Bonetti Machine is almost identical to a Wimshurst Machine, except there are no metal sectors/tabs on the rotating disks, and the neutralizer brushes are replaced with metal combs that approach, but do not make actual contact with the disks. Unlike a Wimshurst machine, it must be pre-charged before it will begin generating it's output. The surface of one of the disk can be pre-charged using another electrostatic generator, or even a charged section of PVC pipe.

[awesomelightning]

@magx1 I sort of got that. I'm only 13- I never heard of these devices. If you can expalin to me that, I can understand it perfectly. I have a tendency to like things like this,

[IRONMAIDENFAN2006]

poster you sure can afford to build things like this but when it comes to cameras i think you should spend money on that.. 1 frame a second really isnt fun to watch.. also you look really creepy like your a rapeist

[haloexpert96]

I looked at your photos but can you tell me the lengths of the piping and stuff?

[jjvaldes100]

how many voltages is it

[insightllc]

@mit @geo @seismic The seismograph reeords of man-made earthquakes on September 3, 1899

referred to as Shide No. 333 are from instruments at six cities in Italy bearing the standard

number of an observatory in the Isle of Wight and automatically written by the Yakutat Bay earthquake of September 3. Shide No. 337 is one of the earlyzhocks on September 10 and No.

338 the heaviest shock of September 10.

[teslacult]

Have you ever tried placing a step down transformer between the leyden jars, to convert voltage to current, and tune for resonance by adjusting gap spacing? Just curious.

[magx1]

Yes, although I have not tuned it. This is basically how the trigger coil for my ruby lasr works (see my ruby laser videos).

Thanks

[teslacult]

@magx1 I've seen that video, very impressive. You do some great work.

[teslacult]

@magx1 By the way, have you measured wattage output on your trigger circuit? I would be interested in the output as it compairs to the energy needed to drive the generator.

[insightllc]

@teslacult COMMENTS ON SEISMOGRAMS.

The seismograph records of the Yakutat earthquakes have been described and analyzed

by several seismologists. Two rather complete descriptions from distant observations are

here quoted. ***THIS IS FIRST MAN MADE EARTHQUAKE***

[ViPrincipalVI]

whats that 350 volts or something???

[teslacult]

@ViPrincipalVI He shows the arc jumping a 6 to 7 inch gap. The voltage required to do that would be extremely high, perhaps a hundred thousand volts or more.

[AmtrakBoy42]

dude! your frames per second sucks! this would be a great video if the frames per second where higher

[Gamespieler]

Blijatz

[gabrielbenitosobrino]

Measure how much the discs?

[magx1]

@gabrielbenitosobrino

About 20 inches in diameter

[grandfather54]

Nice Build, can you show me where I might get the plans to build one like this?

[magx1]

@grandfather54

Thanks. Yes. Look in the description section above. I have just added a URL for my flickr photos, which include details of this machine's construction.

[Neji1210]

@TERORISTsaimonxk

How's your daddy? Blown up any good buildings, has he?

[KOKOL2008]

I want to create this in lab? What equipments I need?

[magx1]

@KOKOL2008

Just a lot of junk. Browse the web for information, but don't stick to a rigid plan. Just build with what you have, experiment, and find out what works best.

[elcapitano1st]

ОН СУНУЛ ПАЛЕЦ??

[realbibob]

hate this framerate, but i can see the sparks better^^

[438426x1]

cant stand the horrible frame rate...

[magx1]

The frame rate is required to catch the sparks on film. Although very loud and intense, they only last a tiny fraction of a second.

[ftynmik]

what voltage? From the Marx-generator it is possible to squeeze out more=)

[magx1]

@ftynmik

My guess would be in the 200-250kV range. But I'm not sure - no way of knowing. The output is undoubtly very high. A capacitor cannot be charged to as high a voltage as the maximum output level of the machine, because losses will always overtake the charging current at some point.

[solorstars]

lmao is sounds like a crappy drummer nice vid

[gabydewilde]

Very nice demo, thanks for sharing :-)

[SmashCOBamberg]

awesome!!!

[night3x]

dry floors :D

[bernard240vdc]

very impressive demonstration by the lenght of the sparks i would say the voltage involved would be aroud 100kv before discharge the thickness of the sparks indicates how many coulombs or how mucht current could be involved if enough leyden jars are connected in parralell and the bonneti machine is capable of charging them up good then the charges could be lethal

[mancool124]

that thing has rytheme

[zondervan123]

One more question. How far can one of these charges jump? Does it depend on the power generated?

[badfender223]

Your apparatus is beautiful. I really like the way you used the PVC pipe, and the Leyden jars look fantastic. I liked how the stinger broke over at around 2:26- that looked awesome from here. A 5 gap? At minimum youre seeing 20-25 KV very nice! Ive seen commercially built demonstrators that cant fire an arc that far. Good work Dr. Frankenstein!

[AVAMagneticlev]

very nice work

[alex681219]

I saw some lifter experiment that uses Hight Voltage source. This bonneti can be used to do a lifter?

[hellracer0]

wow! i can do this with after effects but the real ting is pretty impressive dude.

did u built it yourself?

[jupy921]

Man that is wicked cool. It is interesting how switching out the size of the Leyden jars alters the flavor of the sparks.

[backwoodsBrophil]

Bravo!!! That's the truest simulation of lightning possible. I've built a few van de graafs, now I'm determined to construct this apparatus. What material are those disks made of? Thanks for any guidance, I'll certainly share my results...

[xXxSceneScotNICKxXx]

bad ass tazer... lol

[knt3119]

Nice job! Thanks for posting, really cool

[zezimashock]

that are beatifull arcs

[etsodian]

You're so funny!!! I cant stop laughing!!!! .....

ASSHOLE

[prototype9000]

do you use felt or paper to charge it or something else

[jamesoleruster]

On the scale from 1 to 5 thats 999,999

[ShaderZ]

What had happened at 1:36?

[dxtr16]

i'm not a pro in this, but i think that's called a corona, a corona happens when only some of the charge, not all of it, goes from one rod to the other. for a spark to form, all the static electricity has to jump at once.

[JENSSCHLAU]

Cool.

[kjslacrosse]

warning do not touch lol i did gave me 50k volts

[CrashByron]

1:44 the arc splits at the negative terminal.

[DJGOODWEED]

and

[mosee420]

slow kid

[follytowers]

Terrific spark your getting. I've been trying to find construction details for a Bonetti machine on the web, but with no luck apart from a old google cached page of a site that is no longer up. Wimhurst machines are better catered for it seems. Have you any web links for construction details for a Bonetti?

[BenHutchinson1]

Is this similar to a Wimshurst machine.

[holycrapapie]

think its the same, just different names

[magx1]

Its the same. Except Wimshurst uses sectors with brushes for neutralizers. A Bonetti has no sectors and uses combs for neutralizers. Wimshurst machines start automatically, or with little outside influence. Bonetti machines must be charged from outside source before they will work at all. All in all, a Wimshurst is much easier.

[Xormithan]

holy crap those are some meaty sparks

[alex681219]

Have you try this under water 4 hidrogen production? see the cold fussion videos (I post 2). The idea is make 4 weel bonneti car with a big laiden "tank" ...:)

If i conect smal laiden jars in series it produces the same effect like a big laiden jar?

[normellow]

I could have used that on my x!

[bignewgame]

Cool bug zapper!

[m3sca1]

5 inches of spark @ 20,000v per inch of air broken down ......thats 100,000 volts,awesome.

[magx1]

Notice that one terminal has a smaller ball on top of it, and that this terminal is angled towards the opposite terminal. This terminal (the one with the small ball on the tip) is the positive terminal. This arrangement makes the sparks a little longer than they would otherwise be, based on the voltage. If better insulated and constructed, I could get much longer sparks than these (based on the voltage that is present). But I'm not complaining.

[m3sca1]

is this what you run your dye lasers on?

[CrashByron]

This video is what inspired me to build my own wimshurst machine. magx1 gave me lots of helpful tips.

[magx1]

I'm glad I could help. It makes me feel good to know I was able to help someone else make one of these. Your machine looks nicer than mine.

[CrashByron]

Thank you, we help each other out where we can.

[sponge401]

Hey I was wondering if you could give any advice for building a wimshurst machine. I built one back in highschool and I went back to see if it was still there and they threw it out haha. but its ok it only made like 1/2 inch sparks. Anyway if you have any advice pics and ways to make one I would love and appreciate your help.

[magx1]

Sure. How can I contact you?

[zondervan123]

Hey, could you send me the plans to make one of these? Can it be hooked to a trigger to release the spark when pulled? And what about the shock? Can it hurt you if touched?

[Guthorm]

Great! I love so much electrostatic machines to have named my band "The Wimshurst's Machine"! :-)

[deckoland]

stong corona discharges at 1:36

[deckoland]

another amazing video bu magx1