Just a few hundred thousand volts...

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Just a few hundred thousand volts...

Post by bicostp » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:30 pm

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

http://teslamania.delete.org/frames/frameindex.html

There's some pretty amazing stuff here. HUGE arcs, coin shrinking, lots of fun stuff. I like the Plexiglas "captured lightning" things they have. They remind me of fractal trees.

http://teslamania.delete.org/frames/longarc.htm

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^What it looks like when substation grounding equipment malfunctions and a giant switch carrying 500k volts disconnects while hot (the site has a video)

This is both neat and somewhat unsettling at the same time!

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Post by dj-spuddy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:34 pm

Yeah i've seen those sites before, there really cool. I'd love to build one like the ones in Red alert 2 :)
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Post by daguuy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:43 pm

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Post by Weebl » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:47 pm

Wow, that's awesome. I just love electricity. You're right, it is unsettling as well.
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Post by totokan » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:53 pm

dj-spuddy wrote:Yeah i've seen those sites before, there really cool. I'd love to build one like the ones in Red alert 2 :)
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Post by HK-47 » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:31 pm

Lichtenberg Figures are pretty cool. :)

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Post by MaDnEsS » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:01 pm

that lightning looks like a clown kinda :lol:

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