Charging up the Leyden Jar

This Leyden jar is made from a plastic container.
1. I wrapped aluminium foil around the outside of the plastic container starting from one-third down the top.
2. A brass pendulum bob is placed over the cap and a chain of paper clips dangle from the bob under the cap.
3. Filling it with saltwater, the container is capped with the paper clips submerged in the saltwater.
4. Make sure that the aluminium foil outside the jar is grounded. This can be done by holding the jar with a hand. What I did was to attached one end of a wire onto the foil and the other end with a crocodile clip to a grounded object.
5. The Leyden jar is charged up by rubbing an acrylic rod with a piece of wool.

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• jar

[OmegaMolecule]

Waste of 49 seconds....

[feaverofhell1]

GAY



[fakjbf]

@JRmovielines did the nail touch the bottom, if so this might be the problem

[MrTpengineer]

A simpler way to make this would be a copper can (Campbel's cans have this material)

Pringles lid

and a long screw going down the middle that comes close to the bottom.

[MrTpengineer]

@ineedsomevideo one wire goes to the ball in the middle and the other goes to the foil around the jar. Mabe you should search the internet rather than waching videos.

[thekoolism]

@JRmovielines I just didnt use water

[ed4ed]

talk about anti-climax! whip out your dick and discharge it already!

[MrZer000]

you needed to discharge it with your finger at the end! xD

[JRmovielines]

WTF I took a plastic cup wrapped the oudside with aluminum foil , filled it with water added some salt. then i put a steel nail trough the lid with copper wire submerged in the salt water , grounded the aluminum foil. then i used a PVC pipe and rubbed it with cotton near the nail and it does nothing?

can you help me?

[highvoltagefeathers]

@thisnamewaseasy uh, no. The electricity jumps from the rod to the conductor through the air. In the dark, this would be visible as "St. elmo's fire" or corona. Electricity isn't necessarily restrained to surfaces and wires...