Yes this makes sense, John's "something decidedly more instant which can easily make it through insulators" is most probably a plasma turnoff generated EM pulse.
Michel 2009/6/22 William Beaty <[email protected]> > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, John Berry wrote: > > That was my initial objection also, I believe that *can* happen. > > > > I also know that sometimes when a plasma is turned off the charges > > (electrons anyway) can be propelled into the environment. Tesla found this > > and so have most people who have played with Tesla coils and similar. > > Then I should ignore glass-enclosed plasmas which block the particles, and > instead perform a different test: use a grounded neon-sign transformer to > strike an arc in air between two electrodes, surround it closely with > electrically-floating window screen, then apply pulses of (positive?) high > voltage to the screen with nS rise time, via a spark. > > The screen will pull negative particles out of the spark-plasma and > accelerate them out into the air. Will I feel a stinging sensation on my > face? Will it click a geiger counter? Kill cellphones? If not, then > we're barking up the wrong tree, and Hiddink's effect needs argon/mercury > gas tubes. > > > > > And it isn't ion wind, it is something decidedly more instant which can > > easily make it through insulators. > > You'd have to test it personally to see whether this is true, since the > EM-waves emitted by fast-rise spark gap pulses are essentially the same > thing as UHF/microwave pulses. They create HV effects, yet they bounce > off metals and go right through insulators. > > H. Hertz and later C. Bose were performing similar experiments, and Bose > found he could focus the pulses with lenses, bend with prisms, polarize > and rotate just like light waves. 1mm microwaves act much like infrared, > yet they're produced by high voltage spark gaps. If the pulses were > megawatts over microseconds, fractional-joule and repetitive, no doubt > they'd kill electronics, and might produce those stinging sensations. > They'd go through walls but be stopped by metal foil. > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >
