Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

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On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to that somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to the centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

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On 17/04/14 00:07, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to
that somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to
the centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Research "capacitive"

On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:04:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull wrote:

On 17/04/14 00:07, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to
that somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to
the centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Research "capacitive"

Oh, you mean because the frequency is so high, the current is tiny, so you don't need a return, it just comes back in the other half of the cycle?

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On 17/04/14 17:33, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:04:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 17/04/14 00:07, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to
that somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to
the centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Research "capacitive"

Oh, you mean because the frequency is so high, the current is tiny, so
you don't need a return, it just comes back in the other half of the cycle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_globe

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On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to that
somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to the
centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Its a really camp toy - you're not supposed to understand how it works.

On Wed, 07 May 2014 19:04:47 +0100, Ian Field wrote:



"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull
wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to that
somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to the
centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Its a really camp toy - you're not supposed to understand how it works.

It makes pretty colours.

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"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 May 2014 19:04:47 +0100, Ian Field
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"Uncle Peter" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:42:37 +0100, Rheilly Phoull

wrote:

On 16/04/14 07:27, Uncle Peter wrote:
Where is the high voltage return path in a plasma ball?

It's right through your finger down through the left leg into the big
toe and off to ground via your shoe.

But the HV generator isn't grounded. It needs to get from me back to
that
somehow. I looked inside one and only one wire leads from it, to the
centre of the sphere. Where is the other one?

Its a really camp toy - you're not supposed to understand how it works.

It makes pretty colours.

How can you tell when its round the back there?