Re: [TCML] Dry Ice

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

If anyone wants to try this and they have a pretty
spun aluminum toroid, the dry ice and water will form
carbonic acid, which may pit a spun aluminum toroid.

Adam

--- Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Bart,
>      I've never heard of anyone trying this before,
> and there is a 
> slight concern with spillage.  You might want to
> consider using one of 
> those fog machines, I bought one around Halloween
> time a few years ago 
> for like $25, you could mount a tube on the output
> and route it up 
> through the secondary if you wish. If this does not
> suit your design, 
> perhaps you could put a battery shorted with
> nichrome wire in the fog 
> fluid, this may make it fog (but please note, I have
> not tried it, 
> perhaps I will this weekend).  Or you could just use
> dry ice like you 
> said, I'd imagine it would effect the color of the
> streamers some.  If 
> you get it to work, send us a picture.
> 
> Scott Bogard.
> 
> bartb wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has put dry ice (and
> water) up in the top 
> > load? I'm thinking about the 4th of July this
> year. On my small 4.5"D 
> > coil, my toroid uses to half spheres back to back
> as the center disc. 
> > It is a bowl and can hold a decent amount of
> liquid. I was thinking it 
> > might be kind of cool to throw in some water and
> dry ice to make some 
> > cool clouds (or fog) growing from the toroid (kind
> of a cloud and 
> > lightning thing). I figure someone here must have
> done this in the 
> > past as it's pretty simple to do, so I'm curious
> if those who have 
> > actually tried this ran into any problems?
> >
> > Take care,
> > Bart
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