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I see what you did now Jeanna... it's hard to say what or why the voltage is being generated. Being that low it could be picking up ambient energy or even a signal from a local source in the room.
Sitting at the table I can connect my scope to the NS coil and get a 60hz signal from it. It seems to work quite well as an antenna.
Another possibility is that the iron wire is acting like a very long transformer although without a completed magnetic circuit, if the flux in the wire has the opportunity to oscillate it will induce a voltage in the wire ( as with the core ). Maybe by connecting the core to the wire coil around creates a mild flux difference between them because of the electrical activity and causes a tiny oscillation.... might be worth investigating indeed ! Something similar to the "Cook" coil by mistake... all we need is a slight continuous imbalance to excite the electrons in a wire...
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I see what you did now Jeanna... it's hard to say what or why the voltage is being generated. Being that low it could be picking up ambient energy or even a signal from a local source in the room.
Sitting at the table I can connect my scope to the NS coil and get a 60hz signal from it. It seems to work quite well as an antenna.
Another possibility is that the iron wire is acting like a very long transformer although without a completed magnetic circuit, if the flux in the wire has the opportunity to oscillate it will induce a voltage in the wire ( as with the core ). Maybe by connecting the core to the wire coil around creates a mild flux difference between them because of the electrical activity and causes a tiny oscillation.... might be worth investigating indeed ! Something similar to the "Cook" coil by mistake... all we need is a slight continuous imbalance to excite the electrons in a wire...
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