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

[Satyam Nayak]

" er, not when you and all your friends are blown to bits or burned beyond
recognition. "

Take it from a brown guy... It's a blast.
On Nov 6, 2013 7:24 PM, "David" <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

>  er, not when you and all your friends are blown to bits or burned beyond
> recognition.  :(
>
>
> Ethan Chew wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>>>  I was referring to the propane bottle.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel Valdez wrote:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>   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:
>>>
>>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63QkZ7JJrM&hd=1
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