Jacobs ladder with a selfwound 10kV 1kW transformer

[RodneyRude000]

sunday arvo bored???

[DrLaksative]

Is that arc actually burning gases from the air, or why its so flamy?

[concretefeet]

@DrLaksative my understanding of air arcs -imperfect; to say the least- is that the very high potential voltage exceeds the dielectric breakdown of the colum of air between the 'trodes, ionizing the nitrogen or CO2 in the air, thus creating a conductive channel in the plasma which forms. the collision of charged particles frees photons which give the light (flame) that you see. it's like burning, only fancy.

that or my understanding is poor.

[jmartis2]

very cool, but something went "pop" in the end :D

[laser5890]

cool love it.