Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Van de Graaff generator demonstration and explanations. I do:
- the hair raising demonstration, where you put your hand on the van de graaff's dome and your hair rises up,
- flying pie plates, where a stack of pie plates sitting on the dome fly off, one-by-one,
- flying strings or toilet paper, where strings or strips of toilet paper attached to the dome fly outward,
- flying rice, where rice grains sitting on the can of a small homemade/DIY Van de Graaff fly off the can,
- Franklin's bell, where my homemade/DIY Van de Graaff makes Franklin's bell ring.

Watch more of my very comprehensive collection of Van de Graaff generator videos:

How to Make/Build a Van de Graaff Generator Part 1 (Homemade/DIY)
youtu.be/fsT69XnjxgU

How to Make a Van de Graaff Generator Part 2
youtu.be/QrCgtjZwnB0

How a Van de Graaff Generator Works
youtu.be/EsZQS2GOMQE

Van de Graaff Faraday Cage Science Experiment
youtu.be/xRLvbwF2MnM

And here's my webpages about Van de Graaff generators:
rimstar.org/equip/build_make_van_de_graaff.htm

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