RimstarOrg | Dissectible Capacitor/Leyden Jar - How it Works @RimstarOrg | Uploaded 10 years ago | Updated 17 hours ago
Demonstration of a dissectible capacitor or dissectible Leyden jar and an explanation of how it works. I charge it up to a high voltage using a Wimshurst machine and then take it apart. When I do, the voltage on the plates rises and, through ionization, charge moves from the plates to the dielectric container. This leaves the plates mostly discharged. I can even touch the plates together, to prove they're discharged. When I reassemble the capacitor/Leyden jar, the charge is still on the dielectric and so I get a spark.
Support RimstarOrg on Patreon patreon.com/user?u=680159
Subscribe for new videos every week http://www.youtube.com/user/rimstarorg?sub_confirmation=1
Go to the main channel page here youtube.com/rimstarorg
See also:
How to Make Capacitors - Low Voltage Homemade/DIY Capacitors (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/GveI9gXIsHw
How to Make Capacitors - High Voltage Homemade/DIY Capacitors (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/MPD7skZ8OSo
Wimshurst machine - How to make using CDs (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/puC6-UaT9Fk
Follow behind-the-scenes on:
Twitter twitter.com/#!/RimStarz
Google+ plus.google.com/116395125136223897621
Facebook facebook.com/rimstarorg
http://rimstar.org
3D modelling and animation done in Blender 2.63.
A Darker Heart - music by audionautix.com
Demonstration of a dissectible capacitor or dissectible Leyden jar and an explanation of how it works. I charge it up to a high voltage using a Wimshurst machine and then take it apart. When I do, the voltage on the plates rises and, through ionization, charge moves from the plates to the dielectric container. This leaves the plates mostly discharged. I can even touch the plates together, to prove they're discharged. When I reassemble the capacitor/Leyden jar, the charge is still on the dielectric and so I get a spark.
Support RimstarOrg on Patreon patreon.com/user?u=680159
Subscribe for new videos every week http://www.youtube.com/user/rimstarorg?sub_confirmation=1
Go to the main channel page here youtube.com/rimstarorg
See also:
How to Make Capacitors - Low Voltage Homemade/DIY Capacitors (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/GveI9gXIsHw
How to Make Capacitors - High Voltage Homemade/DIY Capacitors (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/MPD7skZ8OSo
Wimshurst machine - How to make using CDs (1280x720)
http://youtu.be/puC6-UaT9Fk
Follow behind-the-scenes on:
Twitter twitter.com/#!/RimStarz
Google+ plus.google.com/116395125136223897621
Facebook facebook.com/rimstarorg
http://rimstar.org
3D modelling and animation done in Blender 2.63.
A Darker Heart - music by audionautix.com
