50,000 volts part 1

[101RMT]

that is what tattoo removing feels like

[coldarc]

try place a incandescent light bulb between the gap and see what happens.

[desenxuxator]

Hi, what is the distance between the disks? About 1.5mm?

[advthinker]

2 things Where did you but that model at? And would you buy a large leyden jar and hook it up to your wimhurst machine, and invite the know it all about static electricty,liberals over and have them short it out.

[mhytbuster52]

how did you make it.can you show us with video.Thanks.

[rkshirey]

gotta love the whimshurst machine 

[acerkiwi]

50000volts yes but at microamps. a few watts at best.

[TheLife1993]

haha today, i put my finger in the middle of that and left it there

[67tr876]

if you can get 13'000 volts at 2000 or 1000 amps i could run that 10'000 hp motor.

[dionysos1234567]

@67tr876

Einstein

[pe1pqx]

@Statikteck: current can only flow if the circout is closed. With high enough voltage, the air will conduct and a corrent can flow (shortly)

[Statikteck]

Correct me if im wrong but volts don't matter it could be a billion the amps are what matter correct? or vise versa or am i just way off?

[hrbear]

Actually amps matter when you need more energy. So the laundry, or the cooker, or the heater, which need more energy, need low voltage (110-240V) but enough amperes. While the power is equal V * I then if the laundry is 2200 Watts and you have 110 V on the wall socket, then it needs 20 Amperes to heat the water and wash the clothes. The CRT TV needs high voltage but low amperage in the CRTube in order for electrons to flow and show on the screen. But TV need less energy (say 200 Watts) so you

[6418978876]

@Statikteck, volts and current (amps) are related. If you have a circuit with a set amount of resistance (aka load) the current will be volts divided by resistance. Therefore if you double the volts, the resistance still the same, then the current will double.

Ultimately current is what matters but current depends on voltage.

example... 2 amps at 12 volts won't hurt you but 2 amps at a billion volts will. And 1 milliamp at 1,000 volts wont hurt you but 60 milliamps at 1,000 volts will. Any ?s

[SeldomShroom]

cool. i made a spark gap like that except mine was powered from foil stuck to a tv. my friend told me theres 50000 volts going throug the spark gap i made.