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Hello. I am new to electronics and physics. Since injuring my back at work, I now have a lot of time on my hands to learn about the things that facinate me. So please forgive me for any wrong terminology or spelling and grammar mistakes.
I have recently made a small jacobs ladder using a lm555 ic tip50 transistor and a old ignition coil, all powered from a small 12v battery. I wired the transistor up using bedini method. A diode between the base and the emitter and a ne-2 neon globe from collector to emitter to protect the transistor. Under normal use of the jacobs ladder with the house hold lights on and/or during the day the ne-2 in the circuit glows/flashes rapidly (i believe it is using some of the back emf to illuminate showing excess energy being used by the ne-2). Running the jacobs ladder at night i turned the house lights off so i could see the sparks more prominantly and i noticed that the ne-2 globe stopped flashing when ever i turned off the house lights and would begin to flash/glow whenever i turned the house lights back on. So i experimented with turning a light on in the background so only low level light from the house light was reaching my jacobs ladder circuit and the ne-2 globe would flash slower or glow a lot dimmer.
So in full light the ne-2 glows brightly in low light the ne-2 glows less brightly and in no light the ne-2 goes completely out.
I have come to the conclusion that light waves from the house hold lights are effecting my separate dc circuit powered by a 12v batt. But because i know nothing about light waves energy particles i thought i would put it to the experts to maybe help me explain what is happening in my circuit. Is what's happening, a well known reaction/relationship between light waves and energy particles of a circuit? Or have i stumbled across something new? I have put a youtube video about it up called "Help jacobs ladder in a b..." Please disregard the item i used for the glass chamber it was the cheapest solution i could get a hold of to protect from shock etc.
I would greatly appreciate any input or explanation. Also I am happy to answer any questions and post circuit diagram etc.
Please check out my clip:
I have recently made a small jacobs ladder using a lm555 ic tip50 transistor and a old ignition coil, all powered from a small 12v battery. I wired the transistor up using bedini method. A diode between the base and the emitter and a ne-2 neon globe from collector to emitter to protect the transistor. Under normal use of the jacobs ladder with the house hold lights on and/or during the day the ne-2 in the circuit glows/flashes rapidly (i believe it is using some of the back emf to illuminate showing excess energy being used by the ne-2). Running the jacobs ladder at night i turned the house lights off so i could see the sparks more prominantly and i noticed that the ne-2 globe stopped flashing when ever i turned off the house lights and would begin to flash/glow whenever i turned the house lights back on. So i experimented with turning a light on in the background so only low level light from the house light was reaching my jacobs ladder circuit and the ne-2 globe would flash slower or glow a lot dimmer.
So in full light the ne-2 glows brightly in low light the ne-2 glows less brightly and in no light the ne-2 goes completely out.
I have come to the conclusion that light waves from the house hold lights are effecting my separate dc circuit powered by a 12v batt. But because i know nothing about light waves energy particles i thought i would put it to the experts to maybe help me explain what is happening in my circuit. Is what's happening, a well known reaction/relationship between light waves and energy particles of a circuit? Or have i stumbled across something new? I have put a youtube video about it up called "Help jacobs ladder in a b..." Please disregard the item i used for the glass chamber it was the cheapest solution i could get a hold of to protect from shock etc.
I would greatly appreciate any input or explanation. Also I am happy to answer any questions and post circuit diagram etc.
Please check out my clip:
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