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Hi marxist,
The "power" in these experiments comes from a 12V battery on the bench.
This "trick" of lighting lights by placing them in proximity of an
inductive coil is a well known phenomenon.
You can also ARC to a coil as well ... and to the metal in the coil -- even through a couple layers of magnetic tape or other insulation.
This can be done with all sorts of coils... not just Rodin coils.
The Rodin coil is interesting here because as the center hole, we have a dense mesh of wiring entering and leaving that area.
When the bulb is brought near this point, we see it arc here easily.
As the bulb is brought through, the bulb inductively lights since
it is surrounded by the field.
The bulb was connected to a lead that went off to ground.
The AC current at the coil finds its way to ground via the
least resistance path ... which will be the bulb when I bring it close.
There are better ways to charge batteries. I'm pulling upwards
to 36 watts from my supply battery to do this little trick.
I think the Rodin coil is better used with pulsed DC (to keep
the spin in the same direction) and with high current (not
high voltage) ... but more experimenting with AC currents
might prove fruitful as well. Who knows.
Thanks for watching...
P.S. I wonder if a fly flew into that area if he would find himself on
the other side of the galaxy or instead just zapped. I suspect the
latter.
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The "power" in these experiments comes from a 12V battery on the bench.
This "trick" of lighting lights by placing them in proximity of an
inductive coil is a well known phenomenon.
You can also ARC to a coil as well ... and to the metal in the coil -- even through a couple layers of magnetic tape or other insulation.
This can be done with all sorts of coils... not just Rodin coils.
The Rodin coil is interesting here because as the center hole, we have a dense mesh of wiring entering and leaving that area.
When the bulb is brought near this point, we see it arc here easily.
As the bulb is brought through, the bulb inductively lights since
it is surrounded by the field.
The bulb was connected to a lead that went off to ground.
The AC current at the coil finds its way to ground via the
least resistance path ... which will be the bulb when I bring it close.
There are better ways to charge batteries. I'm pulling upwards
to 36 watts from my supply battery to do this little trick.
I think the Rodin coil is better used with pulsed DC (to keep
the spin in the same direction) and with high current (not
high voltage) ... but more experimenting with AC currents
might prove fruitful as well. Who knows.
Thanks for watching...
P.S. I wonder if a fly flew into that area if he would find himself on
the other side of the galaxy or instead just zapped. I suspect the
latter.

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