the transformer your using to make twelve volts has two coild (electromagnets) the sit ext to each other they do not touch and one coil in much bigger than the other (windings)
input voltage 120 on the big coil and it induces through inductance (magnetic feild/force) the smaller coil to put out 12 volts the you built another step down transformer with the glass... experiment with more magnets on inside glass to step up voltage....perhaps...cool find.
the magnetic force goes through the glas and induces the other magnet there is no conectivity through the glass... the 12 volts inon 4 mags and 2 mags inside... is a transformer of sorts.two magnetic feilds.
The scope has a ground too. Since you are using a 12V adapter it is essentially using the same ground as the scope. Try using a battery for the waveform generating circuit.
Also try using distilled water. It should not be so conductive.
Well, what frequency are the pulses from the 556? What happens if you substitute, say, aluminum foil for the magnets?
fleubis 4 years ago
its not a capacitors its a magnetic transformer
please excuse all my spelling on previous comments....
infoseekr 4 years ago
the transformer your using to make twelve volts has two coild (electromagnets) the sit ext to each other they do not touch and one coil in much bigger than the other (windings)
input voltage 120 on the big coil and it induces through inductance (magnetic feild/force) the smaller coil to put out 12 volts the you built another step down transformer with the glass... experiment with more magnets on inside glass to step up voltage....perhaps...cool find.
infoseekr 4 years ago
its called inductance.
the magnetic force goes through the glas and induces the other magnet there is no conectivity through the glass... the 12 volts inon 4 mags and 2 mags inside... is a transformer of sorts.two magnetic feilds.
one lessor. puts out a lower voltage.
infoseekr 4 years ago
i cant even begin to understand it either. is it potential energy doing work? cant be... looking forward to the outcome explained.
strapped9 4 years ago
It is a capacitor...
See salt water capacitor. Your water probably is conductive. And your glass is a the dielectric insulator....
Try hooking a capacitance meter up to it
cfavreau 4 years ago
Hmm, ok, but I am not grounding the pulse, there is no negative (0v) in the water just the probe. Nothing is in the water accept the magnets?
basementexperiments 4 years ago
The scope has a ground too. Since you are using a 12V adapter it is essentially using the same ground as the scope. Try using a battery for the waveform generating circuit.
Also try using distilled water. It should not be so conductive.
cfavreau 4 years ago
Yes, I was just thinking about this very scenario :) thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a try next.
basementexperiments 4 years ago