7imix
I'm not sure about the x-rays maybe a kind of vacuum is created around the arc in certain conditions even in free air. I do notice that some types of light coming off the arc can burn your eyes a while afterward, like a very mild welding flash injury, i've had a few of those i'm a boilermaker/welder, by trade.
But I don't do that work anymore only for personal projects.
And it occurs to me that a welder is just another kind of spark gap, the very high frequencies would probably not occur in a normal welding operation. There are some welding machines that have a high frequency arc start function to eliminate contact contamination.
I would say that a spark gap sparking very brightly could do damage to the eye's the same way a welding machine can.
Cheers
Is that true about the X-rays? I thought that too but then an electrical engineer friend of mine said that X-rays can only be produced in a vacuum.
But I don't do that work anymore only for personal projects.
And it occurs to me that a welder is just another kind of spark gap, the very high frequencies would probably not occur in a normal welding operation. There are some welding machines that have a high frequency arc start function to eliminate contact contamination.
I would say that a spark gap sparking very brightly could do damage to the eye's the same way a welding machine can.
Cheers
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