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1letterunixname wrote 6 hours 29 min ago:
Related classics:
(2019) BigClive overclocks a 120v Presto hot dogger to 250v [1] (2019)
Veratasium grape microwave plasma [2] (2022) BigClive The dangers of
microwave transformers [3] (2016) BigClive Electrocution risk of cheap
USB chargers [4] (2020) ElectroBOOM proves 5G isn't going to give you
cancer or eat your children
URI [1]: https://youtu.be/n2ZZbuOeNmw
URI [2]: https://youtu.be/wCrtk-pyP0I
URI [3]: https://youtu.be/FBeSKL9zVro
URI [4]: https://youtu.be/3Hdn0MuCK_0
URI [5]: https://youtu.be/i4pxw4tYeCU
anfractuosity wrote 2 hours 37 min ago:
Nice list, also pickles apparently glow under mains AC -
URI [1]: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/pickle.h...
chezball wrote 7 hours 20 min ago:
Why in the world is the fence around that so short? This is nuts! I
would have jumped that as a kid to climb the tower. Probably not in
bare feet or the rain. It seems strange to not protect this better
(yes, i know, kids are not supposed to be there, but kids are
(properly) designed for finding trouble.)
geerlingguy wrote 7 hours 7 min ago:
There's a small fence around each tower with signage indicating the
RF danger. Then around the whole property there's a horse-height
fence, with a locked gate. And around that there are a few miles of
soggy farmland, so it's pretty low risk.
Site plans have to include certain safety precautions, and fence
type, placement, height, etc. are all submitted to the FCC when a
tower site is designed or rebuilt.
garciasn wrote 7 hours 49 min ago:
Donât ever touch a tower.
Important safety tip, Egon; thanks.
pyinstallwoes wrote 1 hour 7 min ago:
Egon?
biomcgary wrote 8 hours 4 min ago:
Is the hot dog vibrating to produce sound or is the sound from hot dog
derived plasma? The auditory frequency distortion seems minimal, so I'm
betting plasma.
geerlingguy wrote 7 hours 51 min ago:
It's the plasmaâthe hot dog was just a convenient path for the
energy to flow. The actual material vaporized pretty quickly,
definitely don't touch a live AM tower while standing on the ground.
And probably ever, unless it's locked out and de-energized!
(Especially if you're not a radio engineer or tower climber.)
biomcgary wrote 2 hours 57 min ago:
Thanks for the reply. Love your work.
RulerOf wrote 2 hours 58 min ago:
Any more details on how exactly that works? I've always associated
plasmas with a buzzing noise but is that because they all vibrate?
geerlingguy wrote 1 hour 16 min ago:
Most of the ways we generate plasma aren't AM waves (amplitude
modulation). They're similar to the waves you see in a speaker
wire headed out to the magnet to move the speaker cone. As such,
the power causes the plasma to move around in understandable
tones.
mock-possum wrote 9 hours 1 min ago:
Wow the arc utterly obliterates the hot dog at the point of contact.
gambiting wrote 9 hours 22 min ago:
There's loads of videos of bored russian teenagers doing this with
leafs and blades of grass held with their bare hands too, but
yeah.....pretty cool. Only works with AM radio as far as I understand
though.
joecool1029 wrote 7 hours 40 min ago:
One such old example:
URI [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMuJKsUjD_o
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