No OU for me to report, but i watched the russian vid that someone left (boguslaw or baroutologos - cheers whoever it was ) and was inspired to try something similar with my tesla coil - namely connect one of the ends of my secondary to a 40 W light bulb, with the other terminal of the bulb connected to a wire hanging freely in the air. I got results which impressed me
The guy on the vid (for those who cant understand a word hes saying!) is using a SSTC with a transistor, powered by 30V 1.2A DC, and by doing the above seems to be able to light his 100W bulb to full brightness - I agree it may not be OU, but it does sound like OU, no? Anyhow, I have never been able to light that 40W bulb (tungsten) with my tesla coil (which isnt solid state - its spark gap and capacitor, using lots of power no doubt, and extremely noisy, and irritating for my wife!) and lord knows I have tried many different things. CFLs have obviously always been easy, but the tungsten filaments ive never had any success with.....until today!!!! The bulb came on, not at full brightness, but at half brightness at least -
I decided to try without the second terminal of the bulb connected to a wire hanging freely in the air - this was because the guy in the video explained that this wire was very important (even though it just hangs there like a useless extra bit!!!???). He uses the analogy of a kite and explains that a kite needs a tail to provide stable flight - and says this wire is necessary to provide stability for the open system with the ether (bare in mind my russian is intermediate level at best, so perhaps a little is lost in translation!). Anyway, when i tried without what i thought would be a useless wire, the bulb DIDNT come on whatsoever, but just arced electricity inside the glass. That guy on the video clearly knows what hes talking about, it seems to me.
Anymore Russian vids??? Inspiring stuff!!! Hope someone else tries it with their coil......
If anyone wants to try, dont hesitate to ask me any questions - its real easy to do
Leave a comment: