Re: Jacob's Ladder "Snap" (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:22:42 -0500
From: RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Jacob's Ladder "Snap" (fwd)

I once used  6 mots in series and used the 6 caps that came with them in
parallel with the ladder (caps were in series). When the 20-inch spark broke
it did so with a firecracker-level bang. Without some sort of cap rigged to
it or a truely giant ladder (100's of kva+) the bangs (more like pops) just
ain't that loud. The 60-120 hz buzz can get quite loud though (notice the
reverb in the 500 kv version, sounds like it could be heard for miles
around).
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Subject: Jacob's Ladder "Snap" (fwd)


> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:56:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Chris Roberts <quezacotl_14000000000000@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Jacob's Ladder "Snap"
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> Hi Everybody,
>
> I was recently talking to one of my neighbors about the "strange lightning
thing" that I play around with, and he told me of hearing a story about how
a Jacob's ladder can hurt your hearing. He said that when the arc starts at
the bottom, the "snap" heard is extremely loud, but so quick of a pulse that
you don't register it as being as loud as it is. He didn't know whether or
not it was true, and it sounded like a techno-myth to me, but has anyone
else heard (pun intended) about this?
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> -Chris
>
> "The trouble is not that the world is full of fools, it's just that
lightning isn't distributed right." -Mark Twain
>
> "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
>
> [The Jacob's ladders that I've seen  make a nice, warm 60Hz hum with a
> muted, fuzzy snap at the end, nothing that would injure your hearing as
> far as I would think.  Other dangers...UV suntan?  Maybe.  Death by 60Hz
> high voltage?  Definitely if you're not careful and get betwixt the
> terminals. SRR]
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