Odp: Odp: [sdiy] About that spherical impulse generator...

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On Saturday 10 January 2004 20:55, Roman wrote:
> [...] When it contacts,
> little wire vaporizes and most of discharge current flows thru
> ionized air. I saw on TV once thunder triggering using this way.

Blowing light bulb filaments (with the bulb glass carefully removed) 
works reasonably well for small lamps (the type that is used in 
instrument panels) IIRC. The choice of voltage requires some 
experimentation, so you need a stash of inexpensive bulbs for that.


Achim.
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