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We made a hot dog talk with RF [video]

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Re: We made a hot dog talk with RF [video]

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Post by RulerOf »

geerlingguy wrote: post #5
biomcgary wrote: post #4

Is the hot dog vibrating to produce sound or is the sound from hot dog derived plasma? The auditory frequency distortion seems minimal, so I'm betting plasma.

It's the plasma—the hot dog was just a convenient path for the energy to flow. The actual material vaporized pretty quickly, definitely don't touch a live AM tower while standing on the ground. And probably ever, unless it's locked out and de-energized! (Especially if you're not a radio engineer or tower climber.)

Any more details on how exactly that works? I've always associated plasmas with a buzzing noise but is that because they all vibrate?

Re: We made a hot dog talk with RF [video]

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Post by biomcgary »

geerlingguy wrote: post #5
biomcgary wrote: post #4

Is the hot dog vibrating to produce sound or is the sound from hot dog derived plasma? The auditory frequency distortion seems minimal, so I'm betting plasma.

It's the plasma—the hot dog was just a convenient path for the energy to flow. The actual material vaporized pretty quickly, definitely don't touch a live AM tower while standing on the ground. And probably ever, unless it's locked out and de-energized! (Especially if you're not a radio engineer or tower climber.)

Thanks for the reply. Love your work.

Re: We made a hot dog talk with RF [video]

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Post by anfractuosity »

1letterunixname wrote: post #10

Related classics: (2019) BigClive overclocks a 120v Presto hot dogger to 250v https://youtu.be/n2ZZbuOeNmw (2019) Veratasium grape microwave plasma https://youtu.be/wCrtk-pyP0I (2022) BigClive The dangers of microwave transformers https://youtu.be/FBeSKL9zVro (2016) BigClive Electrocution risk of cheap USB chargers https://youtu.be/3Hdn0MuCK_0 (2020) ElectroBOOM proves 5G isn't going to give you cancer or eat your ch…

Nice list, also pickles apparently glow under mains AC - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/pickle.h...

Re: We made a hot dog talk with RF [video]

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Post by geerlingguy »

RulerOf wrote: post #11
geerlingguy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the plasma—the hot dog was just a convenient path for the energy to flow. The actual material vaporized pretty quickly, definitely don't touch a live AM tower while standing on the ground. And probably ever, unless it's locked out and de-energized! (Especially if you're not a radio engineer or tower climber.)

Any more details on how exactly that works? I've always associated plasmas with a buzzing noise but is that because they all vibrate?

Most of the ways we generate plasma aren't AM waves (amplitude modulation). They're similar to the waves you see in a speaker wire headed out to the magnet to move the speaker cone. As such, the power causes the plasma to move around in understandable tones.
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