Comments on: Microwave plasma

By: Jerrod

Jerrod — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:29:14 +0000

Hey guys, thats my vid, thanks for all the traffic ;)

Toxic gas? Paranoid. Does the microwave work still? Of course, 1 year later. Am I a soccer mom on mushrooms? Nope. Slow hackday? Must have been!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:00:54 +0000

You can do this with a grape too, just cut it almost all the way through so that the two sides are barely attached.

By: corbs132

corbs132 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:41:23 +0000

http://tutorialninjas.net/2007/05/10/make-ball-lightning-in-your-microwave/

little tut i made a while ago

By: mastershake916

mastershake916 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:05:46 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ux8nSWmAz0&mode=related&search=
You can make it a lot easier with a grape, and surely it'll be less toxic.
This trick is fairly old, and it must be a slow hack day.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:38:51 +0000

I’ve done this before. It looks really cool!

By: conairh

conairh — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:23:59 +0000

the comments say something about poster putty instead of a candle.

anyway, for a bunch of other ideas for things to put in microwaves try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVMjkLoWq00

(its an actual TV show not some dumbass kid with a cellphone camera)

By: MRE

MRE — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:02:49 +0000

@ jim: my guess is that grabbing carbon atoms off of the match stick isn’t as easy (thus the reason for lighting it on fire). Plasma is likely burning the atoms out of the fire faster then the fire can produce them. I would assume that no matter how much air flow, a constant plasmoid wont be possible this way. you need something where a large supply of carbon atoms is already freely available, so the plasmoid isnt waiting around for more carbon to be generated. Check out #8 for the real deal.

By: MRE

MRE — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:58:53 +0000

Robynhub: I have to admit, that video was FAR more impressive then this one posted.. the Plasmoid actually sings in it.. I second your linkie.. go here people: http://jlnlabs.online.fr/plasma/gmrtst/

You have to have real player, but it was worth the download.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:48:49 +0000

It looks like the have something wrong with their set up though… It should stay a constant ball of plasma, shouldn’t it? I don’t think they allowed for a enough air flow, otherwise it would have stayed lit longer.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:39:52 +0000

Myspace? come on…. Either way I guess, this is pretty cool, kind of old, but pretty cool…

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:00:39 +0000

Although interesting, this is uber old

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:46:25 +0000

I believe it is a toothpick not a candle. You can get the same effect with a toothpick in play dough, try it if you don’t care too much for your general health.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:23:56 +0000

I saw this on a German science program while I was in Germany. It was really awesome until the glass shattered!

By: andre

andre — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:35:46 +0000

i was looking into this, even obtained an old microwave and attached a camera to the top of one of the 5mm vent holes. Got lousy pictures (cheap camera) but it was interesting to say the least.

Might be interesting to attach a glass pipe to one of the existing side or rear vents with the other end in the middle of the oven, and pipe carbon/air mixture out of this. Should generate a veritable cloud of plasmoids...

-A

By: Alex McCown

Alex McCown — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:03:31 +0000

take the transformer outa the microwave and spark it its like 4" plasma and my bank of 4 for my tesla coill although ballasted down to 25 amp it still makes 1.5' arcs

(im a high voltage geek)