[General] Video of Tonight's Fun with a Tesla Gun

[Ethan Chew]

In the words of Mr. Gregabyte, winner of the unofficial Makers Local 256
'Holy S@*^!' Award for Achievements In Propane, and many other fine makers,
'Why do you hate fun?' XD

(Remember, losing is FUN <http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Fun>!)


On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:07 PM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

>  Too many possible failure modes.  Easiest just to move the propane.  :)
>
> Thanks, Ethan.
>
> David
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> Ethan Chew wrote:
>
>  Yo Dave,
>
>  Technically, wouldn't such a setup be safe as long as the Propane is
> sealed and is not mixing with an oxidizer such as air?  And wouldn't the
> metallic propane bottle act as a Faraday cage and conduct the high voltage
> safely away from the propane within?
>
>  The only possible failure point would be where the high voltage arc
> would end up melting a hole into the propane bottle, releasing propane gas
> to atmosphere and resulting in a combustible mixture that would be lit up
> by the arc.
>
>  One could endeavor to try it by chaining down a propane bottle and
> remotely discharging the tesla gun into it to see if that can happen.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:41 AM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
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>>  I was referring to the propane bottle.
>>
>>
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>>
>> Daniel Valdez wrote:
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>> Yep, it was there to accelerate the fun.
>>
>>  All joking aside it was there specifically to pour on the device that
>> had been planned to set on fire. It was a safe distance from the arcs and
>> posed no safety threat with the lid on.
>>
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>> On Nov 6, 2013, at 12:11 AM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
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>>   Ahem.  Um, did you guys happen to notice that bottle of highly
>> flammable material right next to the high voltage generation?  :)
>>
>> David M.
>>
>>
>> Ethan Chew wrote:
>>
>> Heheheheheh.  Hahahahahaahahah!  HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHA!
>> WAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHA!
>> *ahem*
>> Good job! :D
>> On Nov 5, 2013 8:11 PM, "Wolfenhex" <wolfenhex at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63QkZ7JJrM&hd=1
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