Carbon-Arc lighting, interested to know anything

[Leszek Vogt]

Wow, David....that has mad scientist written all over it. I take it that it would be safer to do sand castles.....by the way when is that happening ?

Les

[Tin Can]

Arcattack is very tame compared to Megatron. Maybe 100 times the power, it cracked loudly, it was visible for miles.

I gotta see a 100K arc light running, it must be something else. Softsun indeed. Checked the website, not very good demos.

Yes! And how about Arcattack? Imagine, modulating the air to produce sound with an spark generator like a Tesla coil!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B7yqn89...eature=related

Ionizing gas atoms is a BLAST!

To keep this on topic... How about interfacing an 8x10 magic lantern arc lamp with MIDI device and Tesla coil to produce a spectacular audio visual experience?

[Tin Can]

I used to use a 480 volt arc welder all the time, nothing like big stick welding, except those 100K arc lights...

Don't take two D-cell carbon-zinc batteries apart. Don't take the internal carbon rods from said batteries. Don't take an old lamp cord and strip a few inches of insulation from the ends.

Finding a couple of pieces of wood to drill appropriately sized holes for the carbon rods is likely OK - you could make something useful from them, but don't shove the carbon rods into the holes. If you do this it may lead to finding a third piece of wood to smack the other two bits onto - carefully separating the carbon rods you shouldn't have pushed into the holes, by about "that" much. Don't EVER wrap and tape the stripped ends of the lamp cord around the outboard ends of the carbon rods. Most especially don't avert your eyes from the evil assembly you shouldn't have made and plug the end of the cord into the nearby socket on the front porch.

If you do, there might be a very bright flash, and a loud noise followed by an even louder noise of a bellowing father wondering what the !@#$ happened and why the lights went out. You might escape a spanking 'cause you're just a bit to old to be spanked - maybe.

You might also learn some new words.

Don't