Violet Wands?

[Ben]

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?

The "non antique" ones I have seen have a very plain looking box and they
seem to be solid state although I am not sure.

The owners never let me open them up to have a look.

Maybe someone here can tell me more?

Regards
Ben

 

[The Real Andy]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, "Ben"
<bens_groups2003@yahoo.com.no-spam> wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?

WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.

 

[Frank Bemelman]

"The Real Andy" <will_get_back_to_you_on_This> schreef in bericht
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, "Ben"
bens_groups2003@yahoo.com.no-spam> wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?


WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.

It's explained here:
http://www.madame-s.com/cgi-bin/madame-s/E1.html

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Thanks, Frank.
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[no_one]

interesting site


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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, "Ben"
bens_groups2003@yahoo.com.no-spam> wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?


WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.

It's explained here:
http://www.madame-s.com/cgi-bin/madame-s/E1.html

--
Thanks, Frank.
(remove 'q' and 'invalid' when replying by email)

 

[Brad Albing]

The Real Andy wrote:

WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.


And btw, "Violet Wands" would be a good name for a rock band.

 

[night soil dalits]

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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, "Ben"
bens_groups2003@yahoo.com.no-spam> wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?


WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.

It's explained here:
http://www.madame-s.com/cgi-bin/madame-s/E1.html

--
Thanks, Frank.
(remove 'q' and 'invalid' when replying by email)

Also called Violet Ray.
1920-40s Quack Doctor stuff
A big hit back then too.
High static field makes tube glow when it touches you, like one of the round
globes they have today.

 

[Ben]

Ahem... yes, yes and more yes BUT what about my original question regarding
the solid state construction?

Suppose nobody here knows either :-(

Oh well...


Regards
Ben



"Brad Albing" <itza.secret@none-of.yer-bidness> wrote in message
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The Real Andy wrote:

WTF is a voilet wand?? The suggestion of a tesla coild makes me wonder
if it should be called a voilent wand.

And btw, "Violet Wands" would be a good name for a rock band.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, Ben wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?

The "non antique" ones I have seen have a very plain looking box and they
seem to be solid state although I am not sure.

The owners never let me open them up to have a look.

Maybe someone here can tell me more?

What they're calling a "Tesla coil" is actually in induction coil.
It's just an autotransformer, like a car coil, but the end of the
core attracts a moving armature, like a relay, but there's an NC
connection in series with the coil. You apply a voltage, current
flows, it pulls in, interrupts the current, and the inductive
spike makes HV at the probe. I've seen them throw a 1 1/2" arc.

So they're even cruder than "solid state".

Sure, you could do it solid state - just build a step-up converter
to 10-15 KV.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Keith Williams]

In article <pan.2005.08.16.01.12.51.800511@example.net>,
richgrise@example.net says...

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:37:58 +1000, Ben wrote:

Hi all,

I am curious about so called violet wands.
Are they all based on Tesla coils or is there another way to make one?

The "non antique" ones I have seen have a very plain looking box and they
seem to be solid state although I am not sure.

The owners never let me open them up to have a look.

Maybe someone here can tell me more?

What they're calling a "Tesla coil" is actually in induction coil.
It's just an autotransformer, like a car coil, but the end of the
core attracts a moving armature, like a relay, but there's an NC
connection in series with the coil. You apply a voltage, current
flows, it pulls in, interrupts the current, and the inductive
spike makes HV at the probe. I've seen them throw a 1 1/2" arc.

What makes this different than a Tesla Coil? A Tesla coil is an
autotransformer driven by an oscillator. In this case the oscillator
is the "relay" with negative feedback.

So they're even cruder than "solid state".

Sure, you could do it solid state - just build a step-up converter
to 10-15 KV.

Hmm, that's not going to be very impressive. Perhaps a cm spark? Just
drive the coil with a switch on a cam, driven off the crank shaft. ;-)

--
Keith

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Keith Williams <krw@att.bizzzz>
wrote (in <MPG.1d6ba8b3c6e4f57d989b76@news.individual.net&gt about
'Violet Wands?', on Tue, 16 Aug 2005:

What makes this different than a Tesla Coil? A Tesla coil is an
autotransformer driven by an oscillator. In this case the oscillator
is the "relay" with negative feedback.

The difference between a Tesla coil and an induction coil is that the
Tesla produces high voltage at a much higher frequency. An induction
coil interrupter normally works at 100 to 200 Hz, but the secondary
waveform is spiky and the secondary usually rings at its self-resonant
frequency of maybe 10 kHz.
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