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The equipment includes a 300KV AC transformer, and a 1MV Marx impulse
generator, and is demonstrated three times a day. 300KV AC arcs (left to right) : point to point, to faraday cage containing serious-looking German chap, arcs round the edges of 2ft x 1" glass plate, burn mark on glass. Lightning discharge approx. 1 metre long from Marx generator to model house. Notice leaders (arrowed) which didn't make it. VERY LOUD! Vaporising a metre of copper wire, Marx generator, closeup of Marx sparkgaps. Megavoltmeter on control panel! |
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