VTTC salty electrode streamer

My vacuum tube tesla coil igniting a small vessel with salt and shooting red streamers.. Looks cute, especially at the end..

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• vttc
• vacuum
• tube
• tesla
• coil
• salt
• streamer
• red
• spark

[DoidleProductions]

Cuz salt and a crystal are the same shape, why not put a crystal on it and measure the resonance frequency?

[TheBypasser]

Here it's not true - salt was disorganized into tiny crystals on the breakout rod, however I feel like getting your idea - you are thinking of a piesoelectric resonator pulled by an electromagnetic one, like Tesla magnifier with the magnifier coil itself replaced with a crystal, right? In fact, alike devices are already there, and resonant piesoelectric transformers are sometimes used for high voltage PSUs. For TC operation though pieso would be insanely expensive even to outrun a tiny winding.

[triggerhappy77707]

what type of tube are you using?if you ever feel like it why dont you try to make a 811a tube tesla coil....you can get a 811a for 13.75 on ebay. need some advice cause i have a 811a coming and i am making a coil with 'er

[TheBypasser]

Naah, 811 is too weak! This is GU-81m, however the spark is too short in this clip as it was an early design. In final version it gave 40cm streamers, but now I moved onto sstc anyway (btw posting the new sstc upgrade movie soon).

[joebear80]

I just got an Idea! why not get some pure barium or strontium salts to produce a green/ red glow?

[TheBypasser]

I tried on sstc already.. Greeny streamers rock! Will make a clip once the coil's rebuilt - I disliked the present secondary so atm I'm rebuilding one..

[ubuntupokemoninc]

why such a long secondary?

[TheDexboy]

niiiiice :D

[wbeaty]

> pieso would be insanely expensive

Human-grown quartz rods, about 8" long, on eBay right now, $15 each. Search on "quartz x-bars"

[triggerhappy77707]

Here is a quick question, does the GU-81M have any similarities to the 833a or 833c? Just wondering cause i have an 833c (OMG!!!) and there are not many videos of 833's. So basically i am asking do they have similar streamer length?

[awsomehighvoltage]

what was that bright thing

[TripleBlunted]

Since the shape of salt is proportionate to a crystal why not electrify a crystal and measure the resonance frequency of it