Quote from: retrod on July 02, 2008, 09:33:04 PM
@all, I was able to put together an Ossie C replication tonight using a strobe light. I recorded it with my Sony DSC-717. The circuit works great however the video turned out strange in that half or more of the very bright discharges are missing from the video, like they never happened  . The audio track is fine. Take a look here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktbaJpCdNx0

Props to Ossie for a very effective & simple demo circuit. BTW the plug was cool to the touch after all that sparking and noise    Also noted that if the center wire was pulled from the coil an arc will come right out of the center of the coil and discharge to the coil side terminal, that's a lot of energy!

RD

Hi retrod,

Thanks for replicating the circuit and confirming the result. But most of all, thanks for also letting us know how a video does not do justice in conveying just how much of an explosion it is when compared to the dry spark discharge when no water is present. It seems that the explosion is so fast that most digital video cameras do not capture much of it. So I just want people to know that so far, what they see in the videos provided is only a small extent of the real explosiveness that you will see on the bench in front of you, if you build it yourself.

Regards,

Ossie

Add KOH of NaOH to the water

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Tried steam tonight, it doesn't seem to do as good as just spraying water. I should have tried some electrolyte in it, didn't think about it til just now. Might try that tomorrow. I'll be hooking this up to a small engine over the weekend just to see what happens. I'm with the others on this, I don't see the point in taking this to a private thread.

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