Desperate TimesStranded in a hotel in an African war zone with no internet access for two weeks, I was forced to resort to desperate measures. Possessing only my passport and the clothes I stood up in; and the warning "You can catch it shaking hands with a vicar out there" ringing in my ears, I had to draw my own porn in order to preserve my sanity.
Alas, it all came out looking like Coronation Street's Audrey Roberts, but, as they say, any port in a storm.
What have you done in times of great desperation?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 10:10)
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Here it isUnfortunately the air's a bit humid today as it's pissing with rain outside, so I couldn't get the whole HT side to glow. I did however manage to form a corona discharge through the cable insulation to the coil casing:
and also managed to light a small fluorescent lamp which was sitting next to the HT cable, just from the electric field. You can also see a glow from a corona discharge between the HT cable and an earthed wire deliberately left beside it. The amplifier heatsink can just be seen to the right, among the wiring.
Sorry it's not a bit more spectacular, but it's a bit damp today and I had to put the lights out in the lab to take the pics.
And here's some video footage. Click here to watch the sparks when the high tension end comes close to an earthed wire.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 19 Nov 2007, 13:12,
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