Modulated Plasma Speaker / Mini Jacob's Ladder

[johnfischer06]

That thing is gigantic!

[DragonFlyback256]

I'd love to hear Electricity from Automation on this setup (if you still have it somewhere). SUTT1975 has it on youtube. Pretty similar music to this, oldschool classic.

[raininginhell]

What is this track? I like it!

[mirkobuti81]

MUSIC ELECTRIC

[xm07]

Hallo,

how much power does it need (mean)? And what tempearture has the transformer core after few minutes of run? ;-)

[pruefziffer]

very nice! is that a diode split transformer?

[TheRoknemec]

I see that you have wound your primary coil around the exposed core. Am I right?

[RuheSanftGmbh]

Very nice

It sound realy good =)

Can you run it for any time?

What did you used for the audio input, a MP3 Player?

[guisoneka]

What is the input? Is it a flyback that you are using? Anything else to give the HV?

Nice sparks!

[LUVB6CPPgmodcsscoder]

@guisoneka yes hes using a flyback

[DragonFlyback256]

@guisoneka

Yes that's a flyback there.

[yankeeoscaruganda]

Man, that is well cool. 10 outta 10. Love it. Go get yerself a phd.

[Lemmonade13]

whats the name of the song?

[josiahct]

Where do you live can you teach me?

Plzzzzzzzzzzzz

[garrysurrey]

Now thats what i call electronic rofl

[panzuman]

can i use the resister from a microwave?

[panzuman]

hey is that a flyback? if it is what is your driver?

[onthecuttingedge2005]

can you do one with the song boogie all night long?

[pyr0static]

If you look at it sideways it looks like a little glowing man dancing up the wire... Awesome device you got there.

[LazorLad]

what current is this running at?

[darkthero]

wow mine just buzzes when it dose this

[dkuriloff]

"Gabriel Electrode' & high voltage resistor at the bottom of the ladder, to aid starting"

What is the value and what wattage is the resistor?

[timetec]

@dkuriloff 470K / 5 Watt ;)

[Lachlant1984]

I noticed in this video that the sparks start as soon as you power up the CD player, even before the music starts playing.

[plnteclps1208]

So is this the same circuit you used otherwise, except for the Jacob's Ladder assembly?

[everwhatw]

Coooooool. Whats that song ?

[globalmaster90]

so the electricity thing acts like a speaker?

[humerro]

yes is aclualy hummm lets say is the solid form of the sound waves

[DragonFlyback256]

@globalmaster90

All the sound comes from the plasma arc.

[spitso]

farelly impressive sound volume and quality. Well done. Schematics would be appreciated, but im pretty sure you dont give them out.

Bit skeptic though, after the beeps from the audio input have stopped and music begins to play, you can see in the reflection of the clock there is no spark anywhere along the coat hangers....no spark....no music shouldnt that be?

unless you get shorting in your flyback?

[timetec]

The arc will have been stuck at the top of the ladder at this point - this happens often during the video ;)

[robot797]

could i have a copy of your circut?

[mclaudtt]

Great work!

[howcin]

how does the sound continue when the plasma resets?

[mikeb1444]

Pretty cool. How loud do they go? In this vid, it looks pretty loud. I'm considering making a set for my 5.1.

[djdevil360]

lmao haha this isnt something u would use on ur 5.1 setup but they do go loud

[kamehax]

/me holds a SARCASM SIGN

[darthtuttle]

the coat hanger gives it that old time record player click-pop sound

[mikeb1444]

This great and everything, but is the quality better or worse than speakers. After, all, I'm playing it through speakers, so I definitely wouldn't be able to know.

Awesome though. 5* on the cool stuff list

[timetec]

Re sound quality - please read the description ;)

[mikeb1444]

The description doesn't say it's any better than a speaker. Assuming it had ideal electrodes, would it be better than a speaker?

[timetec]

With perfect electrodes, yes much better - conventional loudspeakers are electromechanical - see my 'completed working setup' video for a better quality demo ;)

[TrickyNekro]

Song name???

BTW have you though of increasing the carrier freq??? This way you may have better sound quality

[lapersonagiusta]

The ladder itself should add interference.

[pyrogeniuses]

add sodium chloride to the electrodes to make a yellow-colored plasma

[BenZeneProject]

are you taking song requests?

[way2sirius]

I can't tell... is the sound actually coming from the ladder itself???

[Jugglesama]

Yup. Its coming directly from the plasma light.

[gilbondfac]

cool ! add a magnet on each electrode to do MHD audio

[missouristexan]

This would make a cool 3 piece audio speaker system. The Jacob's Ladder sittin center channel, and a Plasma Tweeter on either side. I never thought this was possible till I saw the videos. It's absolutely amazing!!!!

Timetec, what would it take to build this and the plasma speaker. I'm mechanically inclined, and have a decent grasp of electronics and electricity. Also, your finished speaker, what did the final product cost to build, and how long did it take to assemble?

[samssoftwareuser]

hi richard, what tv did you get the driver out of?

[Mattprole]

Cool :O

[morizoki]

how did you learn how to build one of these? i want to learn how to make one. did you take a class in college or something?

[RyuDarragh]

Try some steel welding rods.

[Masamuneblade7]

Very nice! Ive made a jacobs ladder before but i dunno how people can get them to work like that. Btw, about plasma how exactly do you get the electric spark to convert to plasma? Just add fire? or is it something to do with the way the ladder is wired or made?

Btw i like the singing arc vid you made, and the song :] the others can stfu. anyways how do ya get it to work?

[Masamuneblade7]

Ooo....!!??! you can do THAT? wow. i wouldnt have thought that the colored spark could move up the "jacobs ladder" seeing as when i build one myself (not a plasma 1) it was hard to get plain electricity to climb the darn thing. how did u possibly get it to work THAT WELL?

[alarkki]

Things you have done made me smile. Very nice!

[RyuDarragh]

Pulse Width Modulation -> power circuit -> electrical arc/magnetic coil/electrical motor/anything electrically powered that makes noise = speaker. Think about it. I built a 3000W linear amp (look up Amzilla and Son of Ampzilla. Same idea, modern parts) and used it to run a shop vac. Vacuuming to the beat of ZZ Top :P

[hvfreaky]

WOW

very god work

can you give me the circuit ? hyfreaky

[Cyrix2k]

Too cool. I'm going to build one of these if it kills me...

[codemsan]

well, if youre in-expirenced, then it will kill you-and i mean just the frustration alone!! let- alone the voltages used here!

[prokletiuser]

haha. it can't kill. i was made somthing like this. it's cool, and its a harmless

[mythbustersman514]

not harmless even smone in school could tell 500,000 volts + will kill you NOT HARMLESS

[djhenyo]

Being a Psych major it really is no wonder that most of these songs are based on simple electronic semblances of wave forms, whether by conscious or random choice. Good show on all videos, my jaw will need to be cleaned from the floor once this is over.

[runescaperules77]

that is so freaking kool

[LineMasterJorbob]

Could you please post schematics or atleast an explanation on how your driver works? I REALLY want to build one but don't know where to start.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

[timetec]

It is essentialy a high power modulated oscilator, driving a flyback transformer. You can read the full description on my 'Prototype Plasma Speaker' video. I'll also send you some useful links to get you started - Good luck ;)

[olpa99011]

if it would be possible to get them as well...flyback are cheap here in china, and i'm bored to tears doing nothing at work!

[DDentonas]

Hey man, very nice work. And i bet very hard too. You have my respect.

Can you post those useful links here, i know i am not the only one who want to try this at home.

Peace.

[HKAnalogKid]

A++ man! that is sweet!

Those schematics would be awesome to have. It would make a great addition to our physics department's demo collection! A link or message would be awesome! Also, Since the arc length is continually increasing, does it drastically change the volume, and what is the frequency response?

[jmartis2]

Wow, this is pretty cool! I've always wanted to make an audio mod Jacobs ladder.

Do you use PWM or FM?

[timetec]

Please read the description for information about this video ;)

Song is "DANGER" (the bomb) by Tonite Only