[RFI] RFI Digest, Vol 220, Issue 7

[David Eckhardt]

Oh, we were playing with one of the DC supply that powered one of our high
power pulsed microwave 'machines'.   We had fun with Uncle's toys on more
than one occasion.  But lock the doors if we spilled more than a quart of
transformer oil, even though it no longer has PCBs - the Greenie
Nazies......... 😇

Dave - WØLEV

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 11:17 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > Phillips Lab on KAFB / Albuquerque:  1-foot long blue, diameter of my
> > little finger,  20 kV _direct current_ arc.  Something to seriously
> > respect!!!  But we had fun playing on Uncle's provisions.......
>
> Due to malfunctioning equipment, or on purpose?
>
> I had a rotary spark gap in the early 90's running ~45kW.  If I turned
> on HV before the motor, as it slowly spun up, I could get a tornado of
> bright blue/violet plasma 24" across with two to three twists as the
> arcs drew out before resonance.  Very exciting, but not how it normally
> operated.
>
> I imagine if any of this is anywhere within the residential power
> infrastructure it may be time to change into ones brown pants.
>
> "One that won't sink when loaded with animals........<g>"
>
> C'MON!  OK, now THAT is funny!
>
> Kurt
>
>

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*Dave - WØLEV*
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