thanks

[Jim Horton]

You guys have really helped me out with ideas and hints with my recent
repotting of the HV sparking device demonstrator.

The repotting is soon to be completed and I will share some final
pictures of the inside.

Going with the smaller junction box did have advantages, but also
disadvantages and I will share a short write up of that as well.



Stay tuned to this thread. Ciao for now.....

 

Jim Horton <jhorton@nospam.net> wrote in
news:qopv8f$he5$1@dont-email.me:

You guys have really helped me out with ideas and hints with my
recent repotting of the HV sparking device demonstrator.

The repotting is soon to be completed and I will share some final
pictures of the inside.

Going with the smaller junction box did have advantages, but also
disadvantages and I will share a short write up of that as well.



Stay tuned to this thread. Ciao for now.....

I actually had a device I went to a Jr. High School science fair
thingy with. I referred to it as a lie detector.

It was a steel rod "T1" wrapped with some wire turns and another
winding on that with the two output leads going to little steel rods
about 4 and a half inches long. I tapped the loose primary lead to a
pair of 1.5 Volt D cells in series and released it sending a jolt
down the line to the user's hands, whom I had hold the leads while I
question him and let the device 'decide truthfulness'. Hehehe...

Of course it was merely me tapping the lead and nailing the dude,
and declaring that 'it said' he had lied on those times when I would
decide to do it. Getting "But I AM 32 years old!"... I laughed...
"It says that you lied."

Never get away with that stuff now.

 

[Jim Horton]

On 10/23/19 4:15 PM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

I actually had a device I went to a Jr. High School science fair
thingy with. I referred to it as a lie detector.

It was a steel rod "T1" wrapped with some wire turns and another
winding on that with the two output leads going to little steel rods
about 4 and a half inches long. I tapped the loose primary lead to a
pair of 1.5 Volt D cells in series and released it sending a jolt
down the line to the user's hands, whom I had hold the leads while I
question him and let the device 'decide truthfulness'. Hehehe...

Of course it was merely me tapping the lead and nailing the dude,
and declaring that 'it said' he had lied on those times when I would
decide to do it. Getting "But I AM 32 years old!"... I laughed...
"It says that you lied."

Never get away with that stuff now.

Actually, I have to take back some of what I said.
I was in such a rush to get everything refilled and sealed that I forgot
to take interior pictures. Oh well.

Yeah, this is also a device that could be used at a science fair or as a
classroom demonstration device. The electrodes on top are fully
adjustable from 0-5" and will produce up to 5" sparks. It's also fairly
loud. Driven by a quadrac and I switch in added capacitance for the
longer sparks.

You are quite correct that you couldn't get away with it now. However,
I was really surprised to find a shocking device, a game called
"lightning reaction: electric shock reaction game". I found it last
year at a yard sale. I forget what batteries it takes, but it has 3
adjustable shock levels and can really give you a jolt! I think it can
still be purchased in stores. I have tried it on myself, but before I
have the kids use it (my own kids), they'll have to wait until they're
older. In this day and age, I was really surprised to see such a device.