My limited understanding on this topic would point towards the ionized air
/ plasma surrounding the previously present conductor. I've seen many
similar examples of this while playing with high-charge rate VDG's -
especially when placing various glass items on the collector.
On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 10:21 AM, David Thomson <aetherwizard@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I saw the same slow moving ball of blue light when a tree branch fell
> across all the legs of a high voltage, three phase system. After sparking
> for several minutes, the entire power line exploded into a spherical blue
> light, which raced slowly down the wires until it reached a grounded pole.
>
> The odd thing was that the explosion severed a wire, but the blue light
> followed the path where the wires were just before the explosion. It was as
> though a magnetic field temporarily owned its own space irrespective of the
> conductor that caused it.
>
>
> David Thomson
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Guape Sinnelag <amn1t3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I don't know about the plasma actuators. But st Elmo's fire is
> definitely a
> > thought. From reflection and reading follow-ups (TY everyone). I would
> > agree(from my knowledge base at least), that I would lean more towards
> the
> > release of flammable gas from my wiring insulation. Idk exactly how it'd
> > work. But it would explain why it was a blue "worm" thingy, why it
> traveled
> > slow, and didn't destroy anything. Kinda like watching a line of
> gasoline
> > ignite. Plus it started at the arcing of the primary to the secondary and
> > at that time my primary was 12g solid core insulated wire. Electrically
> it
> > didn't follow "procedure".
> >
> > I kinda want to recreate it more controllably. It was such a
> > fantastic(albeit scary) experience. Something you'd only expect to see in
> > the movies. But life is stranger than fiction....
> >
> > On Feb 28, 2017 15:43, "nickobert testein" <nickobert.testein@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Have you tried looking into "plasma actuators"?
> > >
> > > Notice the blue glow over the electrode buried in the dielectric,
> perhaps
> > > this was your blue light.
> > >
> > > NT
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 6:37 AM, ExtremeElectronics.co.uk <
> > > tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > St Elmo's fire is only another name for Corona, from the description
> > it
> > > > doesn't sound like Corona.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect its more likely to be lit gas from a leaking capacitor or
> out
> > > > gassing from hot insulation than anything HV related (apart from the
> > > > ignition source)
> > > >
> > > > Derek
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 24-Feb-17 13:21, BR G wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> St. Elmo's fire.
> > > >>
> > > >
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