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OK Confession time.
When I was about 11 years old, I had a book outlining a number of projects for boys. The list included lots of wires, buzzers, bells and building an arc light.
Like any kid who grew up around equipment, I knew one should never look directly into an arc, but I figured that was no problem.
The whole thing was very simple: a (slightly flexible) wooden frame to hold the arc rods. The rods, just as the book suggested, were the carbon cores from a couple of D batteries. An old lamp cord gave me the connection to power.
When it was all set up in the basement, a slight push on the flexible frame allowed the sharpened rods to touch, which initiated the arc. It would run for about 10 - 15 seconds before blowing a fuse. Dad probably wondered why we went through a half-dozen fuses that week.
Sorry, no video from 'back in the day'.
Yes, the house is still standing.
Les
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Les
My train of thought has been replaced by a bumper car.
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