How have you powered the bulb ? It seems to be connected not at the base, where it is normally done. Also, why would an ordinary incandescent bulb generate x-rays ?
@davethehunter2 They are not. You do not have a geiger counter. gigers have argon gas in the tubes, and you have a radio wave detector. and the bulb might put out very VERY litle xrays, but noting to pick up on a geiger counter. You have UHF radio waves.
@totoff92 if the glass is fluorescing but without visible glow discharge in the gas, then he's got KeV electrons, which easily produce soft x-rays. They're a bit hard to detect except with a geiger counter w/alpha window. A test: very thin steel will totally block soft x-rays, but aluminum foil will not.
Nice experiment. Just a thought, could it be interferance from the high voltage triggering your radiation detecter? From what i understand about the way it works it would be fairly sensitive to that type of interferance.
@pieznice29 i thought that also but when i arc the flyback, nothing happens on the radiation detector. i also found that when i add a large capacitor in series, like a salt water cap, it makes large bangs and pops through the bulb but no radiation. im working on adding another video on this same experiment but turing on the bulb on/ filaments which make an electron cloud and significantly increases the radiation.
How have you powered the bulb ? It seems to be connected not at the base, where it is normally done. Also, why would an ordinary incandescent bulb generate x-rays ?
330MillionGods 1 week ago
these ARENT X RAYS!!!! its just radio waves created by the HV discharge
totoff92 6 months ago
@totoff92 no, these are x-rays. This setup will not pick up radio waves. radio waves are on the opposite side of the electromagnetic spectrum.
davethehunter2 6 months ago
@davethehunter2 They are not. You do not have a geiger counter. gigers have argon gas in the tubes, and you have a radio wave detector. and the bulb might put out very VERY litle xrays, but noting to pick up on a geiger counter. You have UHF radio waves.
Ilovelazers 2 weeks ago
@totoff92 if the glass is fluorescing but without visible glow discharge in the gas, then he's got KeV electrons, which easily produce soft x-rays. They're a bit hard to detect except with a geiger counter w/alpha window. A test: very thin steel will totally block soft x-rays, but aluminum foil will not.
wbeaty 1 month ago
sweet!!!
nannerin 8 months ago
Nice experiment. Just a thought, could it be interferance from the high voltage triggering your radiation detecter? From what i understand about the way it works it would be fairly sensitive to that type of interferance.
pieznice29 8 months ago
@pieznice29 i thought that also but when i arc the flyback, nothing happens on the radiation detector. i also found that when i add a large capacitor in series, like a salt water cap, it makes large bangs and pops through the bulb but no radiation. im working on adding another video on this same experiment but turing on the bulb on/ filaments which make an electron cloud and significantly increases the radiation.
davethehunter2 8 months ago
@davethehunter2
Ah right, was just a thought.
Sounds interesting, can't wait to see it.
pieznice29 8 months ago