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little coil, big arc

was flashing over a wee bit, too. not bad. and the IBGTs run very very cool (+2C ambient)

SRL + Petaluma

Video of chicken getting trashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ads-mj5-ImA

Full set of pictures: http://gallery.vandervecken.com/v/experiments/srl-jul10/




now in the solid state coiling era

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLBjyy0u4s8

boobytraps

Latest acquisition over here at the casuallethality library.

dynamic marriage

I wonder if you have to be married first.

Governmentium

new island lights

If I were a husband, I would be useful.

Rewired the whole lot, including the dimmer, and installed new shades.

under 10k

This thing just keeps haunting me to this day.

camera near (as) breakout

My T1 in a ghetto Faraday cage (plastic box wrapped in foil – with a metal ring to look through).

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXsVc35Pgc

Camera is looking right at the breakout.



The ladder catches fire – but the footage was good. And yes the camera survived perfectly intact and functional. And yes my camera really is in the box at the top of the ladder.

The foil was warm to the touch afterwards.

death of a fish tank

had hoped to get better stills of the shock wave. but still, see “disturbance” around wires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCmoYEGByqI



blew out the base of the tank, too