Only western man could engineer something so amazing.
The guy on the ground is the diversity hire on wakanda. Try again, bigot!
This shit is awesome. That sound shakes something inside of me.
I AM THE GOD OF THUNDER.
It'll shake something in you, for sure.
I about shit my pants one day walking under an opening switch like that.
Get two copper tubes and a water heater transformer (something that steps up 120v to at least 10kv). Attach the pipes to the secondary windings, stand back, and plug the bitch in.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_gap#Visual_entertainment
Jacob's ladders are so cool
What’s really cool is my dad helped me make one when I was 14 and I was destined to become an electrician ever since!
I was expecting roasted nigs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GMbN9nb3qyk
I really like this gentleman in the rubber suite. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM8P6-aAf4
Darn, was hoping it was another frying nigger video.
At 400kV doesn't that emit x-ray or gamma-ray photon radiation?
Yeah but it's negligible. Unless you wanna bask in the glow for a few hours you'll be fine.
X-rays from rolls of tape might be more dangerous. (archive.is)
"The phenomenon has been observed only when tape is unpeeled in a vacuum. Something about air, moisture perhaps, short-circuits the X-rays."
Those photons are at such high frequency, they won't be able to penetrate the atmosphere very far.
Almost as bad as the living room light switch when I dont have the humidifier on.
Very cool, never seen that before.
This is called a spark gap!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_gap#Visual_entertainment
It takes roughly 10kv to per inch of air to “jump” the gap. These are a good way to direct the shot of your Tesla coil at a specific point.
If you've been around this in real life, it's fucking amazing. I saw 110kv arc and it was like seeing the ocean for the first time
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