Just a few hundred thousand volts...

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:30 pm

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

http://teslamania.delete.org/frames/frameindex.html

There's some pretty amazing stuff here. HUGE arcs, coin shrinking, lots of fun stuff. I like the Plexiglas "captured lightning" things they have. They remind me of fractal trees.

http://teslamania.delete.org/frames/longarc.htm

^What it looks like when substation grounding equipment malfunctions and a giant switch carrying 500k volts disconnects while hot (the site has a video)

This is both neat and somewhat unsettling at the same time!

dj-spuddy · Post by **dj-spuddy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:34 pm

Yeah i've seen those sites before, there really cool. I'd love to build one like the ones in Red alert 2

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:43 pm

lol i love the "whoa!" at the end of this

Weebl · Post by **Weebl** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:47 pm

Wow, that's awesome. I just love electricity. You're right, it is unsettling as well.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:53 pm

dj-spuddy wrote:Yeah i've seen those sites before, there really cool. I'd love to build one like the ones in Red alert 2

What, the soviet tesla coils, tesla soldiers, or tesla tanks? The coils are the best in my opinion.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:31 pm

Lichtenberg Figures are pretty cool.

MaDnEsS · Post by **MaDnEsS** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:01 pm

that lightning looks like a clown kinda