"Shocking" Video
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Re: "Shocking" Video
Originally Posted by MOS95B
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
it baffles me that the path of least resistance is so far up above the terminals, instead of more or less a straight shot across
Probably what the arc is chasing.
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Originally Posted by MOS95B
Originally Posted by toastedoats
it baffles me that the path of least resistance is so far up above the terminals, instead of more or less a straight shot across
Probably what the arc is chasing.
edit: maybe not.. i just did some deep reading on the corona effect.... VERY interesting stuff
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;...na%20discharge
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You got the right idea toasty,
its the high voltage arc that burns the oxygen (plasma) as it heats up it rises drawing the arc further away from the source untill it finally breaks free.
One of the side effects is ozone and to those boys on the ground it would smell like a fresh rain fall.
its the high voltage arc that burns the oxygen (plasma) as it heats up it rises drawing the arc further away from the source untill it finally breaks free.
One of the side effects is ozone and to those boys on the ground it would smell like a fresh rain fall.