(first of all I'm new to this forum, so please go easy on me ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
https://www.metacafe.com/watch/400937/candle_power_who_needs_batteries
This looks like a total hoax to me. Has anyone tried it? Here's why I think it's a hoax:
a) There's no connection between the nails so this circuit is open. How can any current flow?
b) The light comes on a fraction of a second BEFORE the second candle is fully lit
c) The light stays on a fraction of a second AFTER the candle goes out
d) There is no way those nails would get significantly magnetized, not the way he rubs the permanent magnet against them. From what I recall in HS physics, you had to do it in one direction only, no back and forth
e) It's not one continuous shot, so I suspect there are wires behind the candles, connected to a switch and a battery
f) He reaches behind the table every time light switches on or off
g) The light turns on and off instantly, not gradually as you might expect and there is no fluctuation in the brightness level at all
h) 90+% of the user comments are deleted, LOL.
I know that in electrohydrodynamic power generation they force super-heated, ionized steam through a strong magnetic field to generate electricity and I suppose - at least in theory - it would be possible to do the same thing with the plasma in a candle flame, but I don't think this experiment comes anywhere close to that phenomenon, if indeed that is what he's trying to do. What do you think?
https://www.metacafe.com/watch/400937/candle_power_who_needs_batteries
This looks like a total hoax to me. Has anyone tried it? Here's why I think it's a hoax:
a) There's no connection between the nails so this circuit is open. How can any current flow?
b) The light comes on a fraction of a second BEFORE the second candle is fully lit
c) The light stays on a fraction of a second AFTER the candle goes out
d) There is no way those nails would get significantly magnetized, not the way he rubs the permanent magnet against them. From what I recall in HS physics, you had to do it in one direction only, no back and forth
e) It's not one continuous shot, so I suspect there are wires behind the candles, connected to a switch and a battery
f) He reaches behind the table every time light switches on or off
g) The light turns on and off instantly, not gradually as you might expect and there is no fluctuation in the brightness level at all
h) 90+% of the user comments are deleted, LOL.
I know that in electrohydrodynamic power generation they force super-heated, ionized steam through a strong magnetic field to generate electricity and I suppose - at least in theory - it would be possible to do the same thing with the plasma in a candle flame, but I don't think this experiment comes anywhere close to that phenomenon, if indeed that is what he's trying to do. What do you think?