Carbon arc lamp experiment

This is a simple carbon arc lamp made out of two motor carbon brushes, operating at around 10-40V and around 10-14A. The light output is comparable to a ~100-150W incandescent bulb, so the efficiency is not that bad :)

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Science & Technology

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• arc
• lamp
• carbon
• electricity
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• transformer
• inductor
• power
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[mjbondi]

Hi, thanks for this video,

but talk to us, Tell us about your test., your goal, what you hope to prove. thanks for sharing.

mike

[jmartis2]

hi, I often do experiments just for fun :) Here I wanted to see what is the light output in relation to input power of the carbon arc. Actually it's better than I thought.

[transistorbrater]

get a huge mirror and build the carbon arc sky beamer of d000m

the carbon arc is a perfectly pinpoint light source, like a laser diode , and thus its easy to make a beam with small divergence