Ren's two transistor CFL circuit

Ahh yes... allowing the conventional current to momentarily pause and jump the gap, allows the radient or negative energy to essentially build up in the area of the spark gap. Seems that even when it comes to electricity the universe seeks ballance.

Hey Lidmotor, that last clip you favourited, Mr. AllAmericanFiveRadio is great, and he is great. He has lots of clips on basic electronics that are really well done and I love his presentation.

A little trick is to do the same basic NPN setup with a 2N2222 but have 12 volts to a relay coil then to the transistor collector. Then just lick your finger tip and touch it across the collector and base leads and like magic the relay switches on. Current apmlification!!!!

Super discovery!!!! That spikes are exactly radiant spikes yahoo fantastic!!!

Just a general comment about the earth ground. Think of it like there is a giant conductive sheet of soil on top of the bedrock all over the planet. It is not a perfect conductor, it depends on the type of soil, the moisture content, thickness, etc. However, it is so large that we can look at it like a generic electrical ground. There may be some minuscule electrical noise and telluric currents in it, but it is not a source of electrical power in any way, shape, or form.

The glass of salt water with the crystal in it would be nothing more than a demonstration of the capacitive coupling effects that have already been discussed before. Putting just about any object next to a CFL creates a stray capacitor to ground between the CFL glass tube and the object. The high-frequency AC potential current 'leaks' through this stray capacitor and the CFL gets brighter as a result.