July 23, 2006

  Electricity will take the path of least resistance and that path sometimes includes bridging air gaps. These videos show that with enough voltage the gap that can be bridged can be huge.

  The first video shows a hand drawn electrical arc. The second shows the final project in operation. Translated. Original. “Picture tubes in televisions and monitors need tensions of several thousand V for the acceleration of the electrons. For the production of this high voltage the Zeilentrafo is responsible. The Zeilentrafo mostly is on the motherboard. CAUTION! The picture tube contains a high vacuum and can with wrong treatment implode!