35000 Volt Jacob's Ladder

Big Climbing Arc. dr-bellend.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• high
• voltage
• arcing
• Jacob's
• ladder
• arcs
• sparks

[doctorbellend]

Now that's a proper job! This guy is a god amongst geeks. I'm not worthy.

[gmtcman]

By the G note sound of your arc I must assume that you are located on the European side of the atlantic Ocean (50 hz) as opposed to 60 hz in North America (closer to an A sharp note). Nice JL.

[doctorbellend]

You are correct. I'm in the UK and we use good old 50 cycles per second.

[triggerhappy77707]

most perfect jacobs ladder i have ever seen!

[hardstyle905]

@dafridgemagnet I don't wanna burst your bubble guys, but in all actuality, this arc has a 100 hz tone. In America it would be 120 hz, which is, of course quite easy to tell apart from 100 hz. This is because to the arc both half-waves are the same, it doesn't matter if they are positive or negative, unlike to a loudspeaker. So the frequency we hear is double the alternating frequency.

Sorry, I'm a bit of a smartass sometimes :o)

[dafridgemagnet]

@gmtcman i was commenting that it's impressive you can tell it's a g just by listening. most people just hear a note, but can't tell which one. So you must be "perfect pitch" or have used software or compared it with a tuned instrument to be able to tell the frequency.

[gmtcman]

@dafridgemagnet Not sure I understand your question?? No required software to disern the difference between the tone of a 50 hz arc vs. a 60 hz. arc - the incredible, God-given software installed between your ears is quite sufficient ;^)

[dafridgemagnet]

@gmtcman perfect pitch? I'm impressed. Or did you use software?

[codemsan]

ya, ebay f*****g awsome!!

[doctorbellend]

I used a transformer from an old test set. Isn't Ebay great? Doctorbellend

[codemsan]

wait, nevermind myNST statement, i forgot about your volatge ratings in the title!