LukeScotty

Heres, a 2min video with little clips of explosions and arcing, thought it was quite interesting, have alook

YouTube - Electrical Explosions and Arcing

regards

...and if u got time for a 10sec clip, heres another one YouTube - air-swith opening hot but I want an explanation why this happens.............................

If You Build It, They Will Come n If it aint broken don't fix it!

Shakey

Luke,

in very simple terms if you have a very high voltage, and an air gap, (like when the switching takes place on the videos) the current will try and bridge the gap (thats the spark) this causes localized ionization of the air around it, which becomes electrically charged - or basically, conductive - of course this causes more current to flow, so eventually think whole thing just blows

basically!

rumrunner

Great stuff ,I love electricity ,best one i ever had was when i cut a live bit of piro carrying 415
love to see it on vidio as i couldnt see anything at the time ,but im still here thanks to elliott lucus!

twiggy

yeah thanks for the link! think i'll find a new trade to work in now lol

Bane

Yeah, I did that last week actually...

Come to think of it, something like that happens everyday I'm left to my own devices at work...

topgeza@hotmail.com

Lovng that! especially the huge explosion! top quality! Good old americans, you gotta love the yellow belly bandits! (homer simpsons of the real world!)

What was that wooden box about? where they testing something? did you hear the random cow bell after the flash? ( a bit like the beggining of a round in boxing!)

PHiRe

great vids, cheers.
YouTube - Pen Spinning

i like this one makes me laugh every time (warning doesn't look like a electrical explosion vid at first)

sorry if its a repost

LukeScotty

nope, not a repost. that were funny as hell, hope the guy is alrite, but omg that were funny

If You Build It, They Will Come n If it aint broken don't fix it!

twiggy

thats made me jump but how stupid was he to put his hand in there lol,