How can I make a Vandergraph generator and does anyone have any other cool static electric?
This is quite a shocking subject. You need a small electric motor, a long rubber inner tube cut into a rubber band, two pulleys, a copper wire brush at the top just milimeters away from the rubber band, a metal bowl to take the charge and the motor and base should be grounded. To create the shaft between the base and the top bowl you can use PVC pipe inwhich the band runs inside. It will build up a charge and strike out at any metal on you so better not be wearing any ear rings, nose rings or rings on anyother part of your body as this could really hurt. Take an electrical tester probe, neon. It will like this up. The same is true of a clear candleopra bulb; you’ll be able to see the lightening inside the bulb. You can take a metal bowl, hold it with insulated tongs and it will strike lightening at it. As it builds up a charge, it will disapate to the ground. If you have a florestent bulb for a lantern, it’ll light that up several feet away as the lightening strikes the grounding plate
