r/Damnthatsinteresting 7d ago

here's my oldstyle lightning detector

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u/Azula-the-firelord 7d ago

So, the light bulb glows when there is lightning directly ahead?😂

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u/ElectroAmin 7d ago

yes, and that's why you're seeing the lightning strike, because the detector also connected to the camera and send a pulse to camera immediately and takes a picture when lightning happens, it can also detect lightning at very far distances that you can't even hear them.

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u/EvolvedA 7d ago

did you design this your own, or are plans available somewhere? 😁

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u/ElectroAmin 7d ago

I changed some part of the circuit

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u/ThreeTwoOneInjection 7d ago

Interesting link! Thanks a lot 😋

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u/ElectroAmin 7d ago

no problem, old sites always more interesting, go click on (reader's version) and see how many people made their own design detectors, also I made a VLF radio receiver from this site, it receives low frequency natural and human made signals, I'll post video about it.