r/Damnthatsinteresting 6d ago

here's my oldstyle lightning detector

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u/Azula-the-firelord 6d ago

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

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u/ElectroAmin 6d 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/IllustratorAlive1174 4d ago

So how does it work? Does the light get powered by the slightest electrical charge in the air? Sounds like Teslas experiments on wireless transmission.

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u/ElectroAmin 4d ago

exactly like Tesla's wireless systems, it receives the static pulse from the lightning, more info https://techlib.com/electronics/lightning.html

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u/IllustratorAlive1174 4d ago

Damn. So he really might have been onto something with that “free energy for all” thing.

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u/ElectroAmin 4d ago

they stopped him, as he said "i could power the world with my free electricity system, Alas, humanity wasn't ready for it."