High voltage electric Arc discharge - ignition coil

Here is an automotive ignition coil powered from a low freq generator thru solidstate switch. You can see it producing multiple sparks which turn into constantly burning arc after I increase the output voltage of the generator.
This one was built to power a lifter -- a hovercraft without any moving parts, you can see it in my other videos.
Extremely dangerous, don't try it at home!!!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Electric
• Arc
• High
• Voltage
• discharge
• Ignition
• coil
• Lifter
• power
• source

[bradmann85]

sounds kinda like a computer connecting to internet on dial up

[PhxSt0rmz]

Nice, I own ignition coil also. I was using only 12V 400ma to power it, and got 1 inch arcs, so (like i always did) i use my hand to move the wire to change the length, and I had a bad clip on it (CD powder!) and I got zapped. Didn't hurt but it sure did jolt my hand back.

[HorizonDelta]

Kool !

[gameos7]

sounds like some sort of thing dying. or what bradmann85 said

[Hvdavi]

do you have the schematic??/ can you pass to me????

tanks by hvdavi

[tonysie]

do u mind if i see ur schematic diagram for generating the pulse? just kinda curious

[sthom5]

I got tagged by an arc like this when I used a very similar coil to run a jacobs ladder. I was holding a fluorescent light next to it, and the corona travelled over the surface of the glass... nearly put me on my ass. Luckily the current was very low.

[Durken316]

me and my dad messes with one of these coils we burned it out