The other problem with a Jacob's Ladder is the radio interference it creates. Running a real one could interfere with Blue Tooth and other remote technologies. Bravo for this creative approach! Thank-you!
At first I was appalled that you were going to make one but continued to watch out of morbid fascination. Then, I was slightly disappointed. LOL But the end result was awesome!
I made one with a fluorescent fixture transformer one year. It was loud and cool. My cousin came in the garage and said "are you ok?" I said yeah, why? He told me I was getting up off the floor. when he walked up. We think I got knocked out and was getting up. I don't remember. I used it in m haunt, behind a plexi glass I installed to prevent anyone from touching it. Worked great, glad I'm here to tell the story lol
As someone with an electronics background I concur, the Jacob's Ladder is not for the faint of Heart, and in a haunt you 'd have to be so careful... One year I attempted to build a real one... the magic components I used didn't like to be shorted out, but I got some nice arcs while it lasted. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't make it, just too damn dangerous for the kids... they'd want to touch it. It's not a toy. BTW: I wonder if you can make something with a high freq Tesla coil or those plasma balls. The other thing, and I suspect that you already know that conventional current flow is plus to minus, but electrons are negative, so the electron flow is from minus to plus... This confusion happened as a historical accident, and we can blame Benjamin Franklin for it... but in fairness he didn't know all the details, he named what was a positive voltage and a negative voltage, so we got our anodes and cathodes named that way as well, and we've been living with that decision for a couple hundred years. In electronics class it was a muddle in my brain, and It's such a minor point and since it can be talked about in either direction, I'm not nitpicking really... just thought you or a subscriber would find that historical misnomer interesting. I think the Pepper's Ghost illusion is one of my favorites and I'm glad you combined them to make this safer version of the ladder. I've seen some do it with programable LED's to make it look like a ladder, but this is far more convincing... the video arch probably needs to be brighter. BTW Did you ever go to Fry's Electronics in the day? I think it was the Fremont store that they had a massive Tesla Coil and a Jacobs Ladder on display and they would operate on a timer... It was incredible to see the power of those devices... just awesome and jaw dropping... but like you said, dangerous as Frick! It's no joke; I think you have the order of doom right: electrocution, then fire, then house burning down.
Yes, I used to live in Southern California and I went to the Fry's in Burbank all the time. It's hard to find brick and mortar stores that sell the kind of weird stuff that Fry's used to sell..
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You do a remarkably good imitation of the sound of a Jacob's ladder :-)
That's a byproduct of working years in the animation industry!
The other problem with a Jacob's Ladder is the radio interference it creates. Running a real one could interfere with Blue Tooth and other remote technologies. Bravo for this creative approach! Thank-you!
This is very cool thanks so much for sharing
Thanks for saying so!
At first I was appalled that you were going to make one but continued to watch out of morbid fascination. Then, I was slightly disappointed. LOL But the end result was awesome!
I made one with a fluorescent fixture transformer one year. It was loud and cool. My cousin came in the garage and said "are you ok?" I said yeah, why? He told me I was getting up off the floor. when he walked up. We think I got knocked out and was getting up. I don't remember. I used it in m haunt, behind a plexi glass I installed to prevent anyone from touching it. Worked great, glad I'm here to tell the story lol
I'd still be too nervous to put one in an actual hunt where people could get anywhere near it, with or without plexiglass.
@TombstoneTech you're smart, I wasn't lol. Luckily noone got hurt and it's been dismantled.
That's my Super Dave!
Hey Lynnie! Happy Haunting!
As someone with an electronics background I concur, the Jacob's Ladder is not for the faint of Heart, and in a haunt you 'd have to be so careful... One year I attempted to build a real one... the magic components I used didn't like to be shorted out, but I got some nice arcs while it lasted. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't make it, just too damn dangerous for the kids... they'd want to touch it. It's not a toy. BTW: I wonder if you can make something with a high freq Tesla coil or those plasma balls.
The other thing, and I suspect that you already know that conventional current flow is plus to minus, but electrons are negative, so the electron flow is from minus to plus... This confusion happened as a historical accident, and we can blame Benjamin Franklin for it... but in fairness he didn't know all the details, he named what was a positive voltage and a negative voltage, so we got our anodes and cathodes named that way as well, and we've been living with that decision for a couple hundred years. In electronics class it was a muddle in my brain, and It's such a minor point and since it can be talked about in either direction, I'm not nitpicking really... just thought you or a subscriber would find that historical misnomer interesting.
I think the Pepper's Ghost illusion is one of my favorites and I'm glad you combined them to make this safer version of the ladder. I've seen some do it with programable LED's to make it look like a ladder, but this is far more convincing... the video arch probably needs to be brighter.
BTW Did you ever go to Fry's Electronics in the day? I think it was the Fremont store that they had a massive Tesla Coil and a Jacobs Ladder on display and they would operate on a timer... It was incredible to see the power of those devices... just awesome and jaw dropping... but like you said, dangerous as Frick! It's no joke; I think you have the order of doom right: electrocution, then fire, then house burning down.
Yes, I used to live in Southern California and I went to the Fry's in Burbank all the time. It's hard to find brick and mortar stores that sell the kind of weird stuff that Fry's used to sell..