DIY 40000 volt Van Der Graaff (battery powered)

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The ultimate DIY 3 volt static ball generator! This is a high quality build designed to produce 1" sparks using a rubber band as the powerhouse. You'll never look at rubber bands the same way again.
This will be offered as a Kit eventually on Plasma Channel's website
All stock footage used with legal permissions
Links to parts I used:
Acrylic tube: amzn.to/3CtTF6j
Teflon bar: amzn.to/2Uk8H9T
Nylon Spacers: amzn.to/3Cqrwgs
3 volt motor: amzn.to/2QkowPA (you can use other motors)
1.5" pipe Brace: (any hardware store)
PlexiGlass base: amzn.to/2UqUh7S
Machine screws: (various, any hardware store)
Metal rod: amzn.to/30z2RsG
Super cool metal sphere: amzn.to/2PpgIGB
Aluminum Foil Tape: amzn.to/2Pr47Tl
1.5" rubber O-ring: (any hardware store)
First clip, Van Der Graaff footage courtesy of UNSW Sydney University
Hair raising clip courtesy of KZfaqr Verik75
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Bright Arm discharge footage courtesy of KZfaqr Growing Answers ( • Shocked by 350,000 Vol... )
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Mini DIY 3v Van Der Graaff

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@mikethurman9797 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you can see the burn spot on his thumb where he's been arcing the tesla coil

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Okay this is driving me mad. Does my skin appear really red and sunburned to you viewers? When I uploaded to youtube, my skin tone was not that red.

@mykulpierce 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe encoding issue

@garethb5729 5 жыл бұрын

Not excessively. You do look exposed to sun tho. Absolutely stunning build quality as always Jay. Amazing. Keep up the great work.

@tarun.starboy 5 жыл бұрын

I actually noticed something strange happening. At 0:36 I observed that your face and hand seems little bit red and sunburnt. But at 0:40 your face and everything seems normal again. Maybe it's something with exposure and saturation, maybe it's the lighting conditions. But hey, I didn't notice anything until I read your comment. You look normal 😃

@JustinTopp 5 жыл бұрын

Not too bad

@BlueprintScience 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't think anything of it. Looks fine to me. Maybe turn up the iso on your camera to get a less contrasting image.

@amicklich6729 5 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of having a collection of mini high voltage devices like this. Keep it up! thx

@abhisekbhattacharjee9503 5 жыл бұрын

I just admire that fact that your constructions are so very neat and tidy... They don't just function well, they look beautiful...

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I place equal value on aesthetics, as I do performance. One without the other cannot exist. That is my personal belief

@Berghiker 3 жыл бұрын

I love your way of building so neat and precise. That's just freaking awesome!

@mateo77ish 2 жыл бұрын

Found you on ElectroBOOM’s channel. You should have a lot more subscribers. Some of your projects are incredible. Thank you.

@dpyp 5 жыл бұрын

Jay. You are by far the most neatest hobbyist I've ever seen.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your kind words.

@charlieb3943 5 жыл бұрын

Your projects are always well done! Really enjoy this channel cause I've been fascinated by high voltage since I was a kid!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and im happy you enjoyed it

@edyt4125 5 жыл бұрын

I missed your content, so I was very happy to see an upload!!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It had been a while... I got sick then fell behind filming! I love hearing you missed me though

@luigichiodo5820 5 жыл бұрын

Yes thank you sir i have been waiting ever since your last couple video for this one.

@svenpetersen1965 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully built, again. I was really looking forward to this video, because I have built a van-der-Graaff generator myself many years ago. One can even build a n ion motor. You just need some copper wire bent to an s, sharpen the ends, hammer it center and punch a little little dent with a prich punch in the middle and make a stand from another copper wire that is an o at the base to rest on the sphere and a vertical axis, which is sharpend to fit into the punch hole of the s. After is is ballanced, it will spin, when the van-der-Graaf generator is running, because the ions in teh air will repell the sharp ends of the s.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

That’s true. Ion motors are fun. Thanks for the compliment

@chadgrimes5119 5 жыл бұрын

I just love how presentable all his project are. I can probably make this but it wouldn't be as decent looking as this.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chad. I'm a perfectionist and incorporate that mentality into my builds. I actually value neatness and appearance as much as function when it comes to a build...if my build looks messy or disproportionate, but performs really well, it bothers me. Just a preference of mine. Really appreciate the compliment!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Heads up Plasmanauts! This DIY build will be available as a kit on Plasma Channel's new website. After receiving numerous requests, after several of my DIY videos, its about time I offer Kits. The kits are ways out, but on the horizon! Have begun building PlasmaChannelGlobal (name may change)

@silvestro771 5 жыл бұрын

the whole kit to build this little wonder is about to be on sale, correct? Could you please add some fine references, not "too simplified", to understand how it works?

@iantheorem 5 жыл бұрын

Love your channel. You make building these machines a breeze and it’s so much fun!

@legobuildingsrewiew7538 5 жыл бұрын

haha great

@constantprayerwarrior 4 жыл бұрын

Can you please put the link to the website

@noelandrew3600 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Build mate, you really do have a way of presenting these projects in a way that's interesting and engaging, keep these videos coming, as need all the inspiration i can get to follow your lead.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Noel! Sorry I’ve been so silent with you. I want to see your builds, and I can talk about your builds in my videos too

@seth6878 5 жыл бұрын

Mennn, why don't you have more subs.. The quality of the video is really high and the quality of the build itself is amazing!! Good job!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate such kind words. I like to build things with high quality so that they last forever, and, like to shoot as high of quality as possible! You can help with the subs by sharing my content on social media.

@tarun.starboy 5 жыл бұрын

This is simply the best diy Van-de-graff generator video available on KZfaq. And I must say that quality of your videos has improved a lot. I mean your previous videos are awesome but now you produce extremely awesome content. I can't say keep it up because you're already doing awesome work.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Tarun, thanks a ton for this comment. I wanted to make the best DIY for a mini Van Der Graaff...hoping it holds true

@eminusipi 4 жыл бұрын

Good effort but he's still misspelling Van de Graaff.

@Sad_cat_studio 3 ай бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel when are you offering it as a kit on your website? i previously tried to email you about it, but got no response, i need a kit, bcus when i start to fool aroun myself i end up with a whole lotta nothing😅

@3DLearningResources 5 жыл бұрын

Nice , very clean design. Thank Jay.

@PyroTronix 5 жыл бұрын

ElectroBoom triggered...

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

What's funny, is i began this project before electroboom put his video out. Then i put my video on hold, and King of Random did a Van Der Graaff video, so I figured I'd finish up this one and not look like a copycat!

@mykulpierce 5 жыл бұрын

Just say KVL is for the birds and he gets triggered

@noelandrew3600 5 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel King of random video was pathetic really, he really had no idea what he was talking about and probably caused more confusion than anything. but that seems to be the way with that channel of late. Its channels like yours that show the rest how its really done.

@GrowingAnswers 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. TKOR didn’t know much about VDG. I mean, he thought gallium had something to do with the decreased shocks. I was like, hello? That’s the basic function of a lighting rod. It’s bleeding off electrons reducing the spark potential. It had nothing to do with the type of metal. It was just a pointy object. And that’s why you want no sharp points on the sphere as stated in this video.

@abhisekbhattacharjee9503 5 жыл бұрын

ElectroBoom built a bigger generator but your's looks tidier... Maybe because your's is more compact... Anyway, I love you both...

@cbfull 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice! The acrylic column is wide enough that you should be able to get this to work with a much wider rubber band. You could double or triple the output!

@generalflight 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice cool build 👌👍

@turmoil9 5 жыл бұрын

I like how the videos run faster and smoother between clips

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

You think they have improved over time, or, no?

@torres_arriostradas 4 жыл бұрын

I have to build one !!! My followers must to know that the lightnings can reproduce artificially, thanks for sharing!

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@davidh.4649 5 жыл бұрын

Just a thought ... you require 4 spacers for this project but 3 of them are just used for simple supports in the base. These don't have to be nylon necessarily. The only one that has to be nylon is the one you use to form the upper roller with the rubber band. That one has to be nylon because of where nylon falls in the triboelectric series. The nylon spacers linked in your materials list cost nearly $5 each. You can use something much cheaper for the 3 supports for the round base.

@Electronic4081 5 жыл бұрын

I love it! I have made several of these, they are so fun! My best one is about 3 feet tall, and it produces around 5-6 inch sparks! High voltage is amazing! And I love your videos, keep up the great work!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I plan on making a larger one soon. I look forward to sharing results with you!

@Electronic4081 5 жыл бұрын

Plasma Channel I am very excited to see it!

@sarmamasterslav4676 5 жыл бұрын

Man thank you for listing the parts i am going to build it, i already made some of my own contraptions

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It’s a fun build, only flaw is the humidity sensitivity of these things is ridiculous. If you breathe too hard on it, sparks stop. Crazy

@sarmamasterslav4676 5 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel haha thank you

@CrazyKsie 5 жыл бұрын

Another awesome vid mate keep up the good work love it!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks amigo! Really glad you enjoyed!

@diatumuasimaodidy5428 5 жыл бұрын

Simple and the best, I will teach it for my high school student... thanks bro for your sharing...

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! Please, do use it for education.

@Sad_cat_studio 3 ай бұрын

youll teach them to listen😈😈

@iamkian 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one. I might give it a go to build one! Thank you Jay

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Most the major supplies are linked below

@iamkian 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in Europe (the Netherlands), and getting the supplies from your list shipped to here is going to be so expensive. The only option for me to build the Mini Van De Graaff (Note the name without the *R* ) is by searching for the needed stuff here in the Netherlands. *Fun fact. Van de Graaff is a Dutch name. His father was of Dutch descent*

@Antenna300-gr5pk 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! This video is super helpful, thanks!

@ftythy159 5 жыл бұрын

You should turn these into kits. They look very professional and many people would buy them.

@skifalu Жыл бұрын

Work of perfection!! Five ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars!

@consciousenergies 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice little build and I I know it will help the plasma channel grow 😊

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I has helped a little bit! But at this current time, the video is slowing down in viral sharing. Darn

@consciousenergies 5 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel I can try to help you out 😉

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I’d love any help in spreading my videos to new curious minds!

@BlueprintScience 5 жыл бұрын

I can't help but notice that this looks very well designed - almost like a kit. The steps were really nicely laid out too. If I had to offer one criticism, you glossed over the upper brush design quickly and I never got a very good look at it. Still, I enjoyed the video. So... thanks.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for compliments and suggestion! I really took my time making this video, and filmed it in a 40 degree garage...so knowing you appreciate it warms my heart...even if my body is still numb.

@gstoe5560 5 жыл бұрын

Try connecting a small pointed bulb (like for a fridge) as the top load to the 3v tesla coil. The entire bulb glows green since the electrons have enough momentum traveling off the long ends that hold the filament to excite the oxygen in the bulb to a higher energy state where they decay and release a green photon. It's pretty much the Northern Lights in a light bulb! Also I connected a pin of a 1" vacuum tube as the top load and it shoots out 4 inch plus sparks off all the metal pins. I guess the electricity has less resistance and gains higher speeds traveling through the tube and then is launched off the pins. The sparks are very, very dim but to get a 4" spark from 3v tesla coil is awesome!

@luigichiodo5820 5 жыл бұрын

can't wait for the kits as well i will be buying one

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yeah I’m building the website now

@saeedthabit8278 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@trugato3978 Жыл бұрын

Muy excelente trabajo y bien explicado. El mejor de todos los que vi en internet. Me sirvió mucho.🏆🏆...

@RinoXX 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to the feature on HackaDay!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I love working with HackaDay. Love those people

@electronron1 4 жыл бұрын

About 60 years ago I built one using a plastic pill bottle for the column, an aluminum salt shaker for the dome and an old metal recipe card box to house the motor. It was very crude by comparison to yours but it worked. This was featured in a magazine but I don't remember which one.

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, thats actually really cool.

@GrandadIsAnOldMan 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see a new video 😍

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Great seeing you here!

@mrinalthakur3459 5 жыл бұрын

Very very neat work

@ledmk2 5 жыл бұрын

You make nice projects

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. I really believe that a project should not just work well, but also look appealing to the eye.

@treasuretotrash2067 5 жыл бұрын

5 star fabricating skills by the way!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@SUPERMAR10312 5 жыл бұрын

I love these projects.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

They are really fun. Building big is always fun, but not convenient. I love minis!

@pirateskeleton7828 5 жыл бұрын

I ended up building a voltage multiplier, inspired in part by your mini arc lighter lightning tower.

@jarinparkour7597 5 жыл бұрын

In future you are gonna make 3volt real tony stark version arc reactor 👍

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

@electricalguy 3 жыл бұрын

The arc reactor can be made, but it wont produce 3 gigawatts as stated in the movie.

@electricalguy 3 жыл бұрын

@Mr Guy no dip? I am unfamiliar with this expression.

@keeg025 3 жыл бұрын

100000 volts

@therawmeatball6883 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is underrated.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Help blow it up, share our videos! Thank you though

@jozefnovak7750 2 ай бұрын

Super! Thank you very much!

@jbsteyn6358 5 жыл бұрын

Made my week to see a new vid from you

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for saying that

@jbsteyn6358 5 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel now you need to make a diy upscaled version of all these desk top toys

@Justin-dv7ul 4 жыл бұрын

good build

@hardikpatel3709 9 ай бұрын

Good information

@MacStrange 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I love sparks

@mareksvrcina5279 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This was personally my favorite build....ever.

@TheGoodS8n 5 жыл бұрын

Hey jay, could you please make a High voltage power supply from a television flyback transformer? Great video btw! Your channel is the best!

@TheGoodS8n 5 жыл бұрын

And do you know how i can calculate how thick the wire of the secondary coil in a tesla coil has to be? Or is one thickness functioning for every tesla coil?

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch. Thats really nice of you. I do plan on a series of -how to make - HV supplies!

@tridibmahato2227 5 жыл бұрын

It worked well

@zagnut48219 3 жыл бұрын

Saved to watch tomorrow between making homemade Detroit style pizza and building an HO train layout with my 4yo boy. 👍 Never enough time!

@PlasmaChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, as long as you watch it. Bonus points if you watch it while eating Detroit style pizza.

@jeanjohn2336 5 жыл бұрын

I had been dreaming about you man.!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

You flatter me haha

@THE_LITTLE_BEATS 5 жыл бұрын

You are the best sir

@msvnr1951 5 жыл бұрын

Awesomeness at its Maximum😍

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Ha, thanks!

@CoolDudeClem 5 жыл бұрын

Well this has cleared up 1 mystery, I always thought the brushes had to touch the belt for it to work, now I see that they don't.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Some people have the brushes drag down on the belt. It will still work but then belt gets torn up really quickly. Also, then metal atoms get spread across the out of the belt and over time the belt becomes more conductive (bad). Yeah, brushes ideally should never touch

@dibuasp 5 жыл бұрын

Simply awesome

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@darrellpidgeon6440 3 жыл бұрын

I still have a Wimshurst machine I got back in the 70's from a company that used to be called Edmund Scientific. The device is powered by hand with a small crank. It would deliver a one inch spark, but can do nothing now since I need new brushes and a Leyden Jar. I still want to find a way to power it using a small motor with enough torque. I think Edmund Scientific is called "Scientifics Unlimited" now.

@brandongarcia3510 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@treasuretotrash2067 5 жыл бұрын

You should do a DIY on how to make a plasma ball!

@Coyote0874 5 жыл бұрын

This is the first video of yours i saw :3

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I LOVED making this video. It was fun

@Zenodilodon 5 жыл бұрын

If you inject ions at the base you can get these to go to way higher voltages.

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

True. I debated designing it this way

@subhajitparia3251 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome just Awesome

@Justin-dv7ul 4 жыл бұрын

this is too hard for me to make, can you please make DIY kits for these small diy build. I really love your projects. keep this up!

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

I do plan on selling kits!

@Justin-dv7ul 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel when

@mr.x4422 5 жыл бұрын

It's so simple 🤩 😮😮 thanks 🤩

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Thanks for following my work

@mr.x4422 5 жыл бұрын

@@PlasmaChannel sir I have a question how a moving motor attached with a rubber band can produce plasma

@tarun.starboy 5 жыл бұрын

YIPPPPPPEEEEEEEE NEW VIDEO FROM "PLASMA CHANNEL" 😃😆😀🤗

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Love seeing you comment on my video Tarun!

@johndoe-bq1xt 2 жыл бұрын

So, you used two teflon rollers and a rubber band? The upper and lower rollers are teflon and the rubber band transferring charges back and forth and the collecting combs remove the charges from the rubber band?

@dare2dash806 4 жыл бұрын

I have tried to make most your DIYs but this one worked the best XD but your nylon spacer link didnt work so i used glass and it made 1 1/2 to 2 inch painless sparks

@fuhkoffandie 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to build one with my treadmill...🤪👍💯

@mfmonras 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video, nice work on explaining how to build this. I only have one doubt. Isn’t the grounding brush supposed to be connected to the ground? What’s the physics behind this?

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment! So, i personally hate using solid ground connections. It makes a device totally dependent on a physical connection. A way around that is to place a counterpoise on the base. While counterpoises only work for AC, they do act as a capacitor with the ground, and allow for a mild transfer of energy between ground and device. This generator uses a counterpoise on the base....that almost touches the surface it sits one. So, it does, in effect, have a weak ground connection.

@QImpact 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, and I only have to replace the rubber bands over time. The batteries are forever.

@PlasmaChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Why would the batteries be forever?

@bussi7859 Ай бұрын

Buy a small HV generator that creates some 10-20kV and connect it from ground to the lower brush. This is a real boost.

@EphemeralProductions 3 жыл бұрын

he tries to make it sound so simple, when he's used to building stuff like this all the time. LOL To me it would probably take me a week, with me constantly cussing a blue streak and getting stuff wrong and having to redo it! LOL

@Jameswen-electronics 23 күн бұрын

Please make a website to purchase all the stuff you made

@andresmarcos3697 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, of I wanted to scale this up, what changes I need to make?

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Literally no changes needed. Just... make sure any hole cut in the dome has insulated edges. Scale up everything sizewise together

@brandongarcia3510 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@JustinTopp 5 жыл бұрын

You should make a super high voltage joule thief

@dandruff7807 5 жыл бұрын

Plasma Channel.......You can also use a VDG as the power source for a tesla coil.

@dapottis Жыл бұрын

Hey, not sure if you'll reply since this is an older video, is it possible to use more readily available materials instead of the Nylon spacers and Teflon bar? Having a hard time finding them in Egypt so it would be nice to know if there's something else I can use. Thanks.

@bstevermer9293 Жыл бұрын

Be cool if u offered a build kit

@mazengomaa27 5 жыл бұрын

Easy . Smart . Simple

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It’s such a fun build. When you fire it up and static is at your fingertips

@mykulpierce 5 жыл бұрын

Very clean build! After using crt tv combs with success I'm starting to wonder if the whole idea that electron carriers is not to actually spray electrons but actually think of them in terms of charge density. If the roller passes through a dense field the tribute electric effect will draw from that region first. Once drawn it is then replenished due to the draw of charge vacancy (effectively positive charge). Also interested in watching Walter Lewin lectures of 8.02x the biggest determining factor of charge that a vandagriff can store is determined by the the surface area of your gaussian sphere minus any imperfections where charge density may rise to the point where it breaks down to the air.

@maxprophet2401 5 жыл бұрын

where are the combs in a crt tv? I've not found any comblike parts or I didn't know where or what their function.

@mykulpierce 5 жыл бұрын

@@maxprophet2401 What year were your TVs from? I grabbed mine from the 3 CRTs found within a rearprojection TV (just barely pre flat screens). CRTs can build up a ton of static, I assumed thats what they were for.

@maxprophet2401 5 жыл бұрын

I know what you're talking about now, I was thinking they were for grounding excessive static so my guessing may be as good as your assumption, thanks!

@mykulpierce 5 жыл бұрын

@@maxprophet2401 Exactly what I am betting. And they seem to do pretty okay with my VDG generator. Which makes me think that geometry of the conductor plays a role in terms of charge density and having triboelectric action (friction passing charge) happen within it opens the door for perhaps improvement on the designs.

@SevenDeMagnus 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. Is this also a Tesla coil?

@thinginground5179 3 жыл бұрын

"DIY Van Der Graaff" ok so this is where i die

@Hackanhacker 3 жыл бұрын

3 volt tesla coil :D I know my next weekend project :P

@RadimKonecny 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing job. Wake up subscribers!

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Super happy you enjoyed it.

@electricalguy 3 жыл бұрын

You should make this a kit.

@saifsuleman9752 2 жыл бұрын

Why is a grounding brush required? Would that not just cause all the static electricity to go straight into the ground, preventing charge build-up and defeating the purpose of the generator?

@Cyruscosmo 2 жыл бұрын

Any idea what size that rubber band is? There is a baffling selection of sizes on amazon.

@freakytesla1733 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Jay , Great video !!My belt won't spin ....Do you recommend using a bigger motor ?(I did try slacking the rubber band a bit )

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Belt won’t spin? Strange..., what type of motor did you use, and was it intended for 9v or 3v usage?

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Also, does your upper roller freely spin?

@freakytesla1733 5 жыл бұрын

I salvaged the motor from an old electronic car 😀....But It is slightly smaller (1/2) than the one you showed in the video. Yes the upper roller does spin freely......Should I use any lubrication or would it ruin the turbo-electric effect?

@PlasmaChannel 5 жыл бұрын

You can indeed rubricate you upper roller, but make sure NONE of it gets on the rubber or outer surface of the nylon roller. Hmmm smaller motor likely doesn’t have the appropriate torque?

@diggocombs4548 2 жыл бұрын

Can the energy from this device be stored?

@daveyjones5702 2 жыл бұрын

is the hole in the top sphere necessary?

@Gaatech 4 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff. New sub here. Have you made a device to make sparks likes the ones in the photos behind you. Will watch your other vids

@PlasmaChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to #PlasmaNation! I am honored to have earned your subscription. The pictures of the sparks behind me are from my large tesla coil. I took those photos