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Background Research
This grand innovation was created by none other than Nikola Tesla himself in the year 1891. Tesla was such an important
man since his discoveries and inventions not only made kick-butt light displays but also showed us how electricity
can travel in different forms and mediums. Our project shows how it travels through static in the air, the conduction
of liquid in humans, and through physical contact of conductive metals on the LED tube. We continue to apply his findings
to this very day, in fact the black Tesla Coil probe we use is oftenly used to detect machinery leaks in factories.
Materials
Materials
Steve Spangler Visualizer socket
Tesla Coil probe
Large round light bulb
LED tube or other fluorescent light that can light up.
Volunteer to illustrate how the current can pass through several bodies into a new source
Procedures
Procedures
Get your materials (duh!)
Avengers Assemble! Take off the existing probe at the end of the Tesla Coil generator and attach the Visualizer socket nice and snug.
No attack the large round light bulb to the other end of the Visualizer.
Plug in the Tesla Coil to a nearby electrical socket. Then the light bulb should fill with purple electricity.
Now touch it. No, really!
Don't do this for too long.
You can put one hand on the bulb and the other on the LED Tube and it'll light up.
Or you can touch someone else's hand and they touch the tube and it will still light up.
It is finished! !#$^$%*&#$%@ CONGRATS!
Results
Results
Results may vary. But if your friend starts glowing green, then you probably did something wrong.
The Physics Behind It!
All you need to know is AC/DC. The kick buttowski band got its name from the very concepts involved in the Tesla Coil. They got their name from
a sowing machine that was labeled AC/DC. This in a nuthshell (hehe) means "alternating current/direct current". That has nothing to do with their music except maybe for some lighting equipment but let's move on! Nikola Tesla's discoveries led to the use of the AC current (Edison developed DC). This project basically concerns the movement of electrical energy through different mediums. It travels through the air as static electricity form the probe into the LED Tube. Our bodies also serve as a conductive resource as it passes through the liquids in our body into the LED tube. It also works through direct physical contact with the metal anode of the tube. This way shines the brightest since it is a direct current and doesn't lose any of its energy passing through "volunteers". We also gave people quite a scare when we had our friend Alek touch the bulb and pretend to faint.
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More comments on the project:
This is a fairly simple project and if done correctly will be quite enjoyable. It's incredibly easy, you just have take it slightly seriously in an unserious manner. It's safe! You know, if you don't mind having an electric current pass through your entire body.
What is this?
This is a visual presentation on Nikola Tesla's invention and how electric currents travel (wireless electricity).
How's it work?
You'll use the Tesla Coil probe to send a current through the light bulb and this charge will travel into the rod or other electric item.
How long should it take?
After ordering the materials assembly is quick and simple (a minute maybe) then from there you can play with it for a while. Not too long because you may damage the Tesla Coil probe or electrocute yourself. I speak from experience... don't ask.
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