... Funny you should bring this up. I've been thinking of building my own negative ion generator. The commercial ones seem very expensive for the components...
Greetings Charles, These ionisers will indeed "freshen the air" and "reduce airborne odors" but it's not magical negative ions that accomplish this, it's ...
Take a small transistor radio and set it to the AM band. When you operate the Wimshurst machine, you will hear a rather loud roar or hiss, that stops when you...
hi all, i have some doubts regarding the operation of a sectored wimshurst. As we all know, a sectored wimshurst is self-exciting and it's SO much easier to...
Paul: You are dealing with two very different kinds of modulation in your desciption. An AM radio is designed to be sensitive to and detect an RF signal which...
... Just what are the reactions that take place at the emitter? Can you recommend anything to read about this? I wouldn't think that the ozone would last...
hello people, i was just wondering, i heard that wimshurst change polarity with every spark.i dont challenge that. but is there any way to set a polarity. for...
Hi Holmzy I believe the polarity on a Wimshurst is decided by the way it is built, I dont know the scientific reason for it but because the 2 discs will not be...
Suppose we add 2 leyden jars to a sectored wimshurst, which each of the leyden jar is connected to one end of the charge collector. Also we use a wire to...
Greetings Paul, Wimshurst machines, like any other producer of static electricity, work on the principle of separating charge. The basics of electrostatics are...
hello people, hello Bob. i'm not saying your wrong. what i'm saying is based on what you just told me everything changes for me. i was about to invest money +...
Hi Holmzy I have been doing some reading on polarity of Wimshurst and it seems I may have been wrong or maybe there are two (or more) sets of charging rules,...
Hey guys, As we all know, a sectored wimshurst starts up when we start to spin the discs. Unlike a sectorless wimshurst, there is no need to give any of the...
Hi all, just to let you know I have finished my first VDG, I have posted some pictures in my photo album. Im pleased with the way its come out, my biggest...
Bob: I have used my Olympus digital still camera at the Museum of Science in Boston. I am in the middle of touring the schools with my big #2 VDG and a local...
hello people, hello Bob, that web link might aswell of been in chinese! it made no sense to me at all. i appreciate your help i don't hold you responsible for...
Hi Everyone: At last I have a couple of pics posted of the latest VDG. The static electricity show is touring the schools last week and this coming week. The...
Greetings all, Since there has been so much discussion lately regarding Wimshurst machines, I've added a few more pictures of my Wimshurst showing some of the...
hello people, always eager holmes,isn't happy its been almost a week and not even a reply. let alone help! communication is the key my friends. sharing of ...
Hi Holmzy, I'd be happy to try and answer your question if I knew specifically what your question was :-) Did it have to do with "polarity in relation to...
Hi all, Now im the proud owner of a VDG, I was wondering what demonstrations and tricks I can do with it. Next week is half term and so my two 8 year old...
Hi Bob: Sounds like the start of a second career! 1. The usual grounded wand. The length and strength of the spark varies with the size of the ball at the tip...
Wow, thanks for sharing the info, dick. I was just wondering if there are any pictures to the demos you have listed below. I think a picture says a thousand...
hello people, as you can imagine i've been rinsing the internet for information. but i hate boring text. so i found this site that rocks. its full of 1 hour...
Paul: My pic folder has one of the streamers on my big VDG Maybe you could post some questions that could be answered in additional detail. Dick ... From:...
Holmzy: That MIT lecture website is a killer! I am spending mucho time watching them. Great lectures on lightning and static electricity. Loved Professor...
hello people, hello Dick, glad you like it. the lecture is part of an american uni course that charge a large fee for the course. we get it for free. i love...
Since I visited the MIT site I have been searching on GOOGLE for streaming video science, physics, static electricity etc etc. There's a lot of stuff on the...
hello people, well, i hope people understand now how serious i am. i've been educating myself through videos like that for about a year now. i'm actually at...
Hi Holmzy, Im interested in hearing more about your self powered wimshurst, to put my spanner in the works, I would have to say all the ion powered motors ive...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
