Static Electricity From Air P1

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  • gr8 idea..hv u tried anything else apart from Aluminium ?

  • @kamalmichael No, I tried no other metals. I used aluminum for two reasons: (1) It is

    a good conductor of electricity. (2) I could shape the commonly available aluminum foil

    easily into a ball shape. Copper would be a better conductor but copper foil is not

    easily available.

  • @ToemanX cud try to include a diode so electricity is forced one way only... like what they do for car alternators....u may get more electricity out.. is there a reason for it to be

    spherical ? couldnt a copper pipe do just as well ?

  • @kamalmichael 1. Cars use AC generators but car electrical systems use DC. Diodes

    change the AC into DC. Diodes serve no purpose in static electricity (SE). 2. SE flows

    best around curves. A ball is all curves. 3. A copper pipe might work but you would have to experiment with ratios - width, height, diameter & where you put pick up wires.

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  • @lbochtler I'm not sure what your referring to. Are you saying wood conducts electricity

    at several thousand volts? Household current is only 115 volts. Static electricity from

    the air is only a fraction of one volt. I stick by my statement that dry wood does not

    conduct electricity - unless it gets by a lightning bolt.

  • @ToemanX actualy it cunducts electricety somewhat well. especialy at several KV´s, it tryed it. it cunducts. but it needs a lot of energy to do so.

  • @MucusFelidae Dry wood (which I referred to in the video) makes an excellent insulator. Dry wood will not

    conduct electricity at all.

  • Wood is not a good insulator, especially when it rains.

  • Whats that round thing on the top?

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