Kelvin Electrostatic Generator

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Project Question: Kelvin electrostatic generator
Good evening, I am making a kelvin electrostatic generator and I have not been able to get it to create sparks. I have a liter bottle as my water source, but I cannot get the water to flow evenly on both sides of the piping. I am using aluminum containers to catch the water, but again, I cannot get the machine to create sparks. Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong?
Project Due Date: February 28, 2014
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Kelvin Electrostatic Generator

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I cannot get my generator to work. Does any one know how to get the water to fall evenly between the two inducers?
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Re: Kelvin Electrostatic Generator

Post by kgudger »

Hello and welcome to the forums

I'm not sure I understand your question: "how to get the water to fall evenly between the two inducers"? Water should be flowing through each of the 2 inducers. You should have 2 similar streams of water, one through each inducer.

Assuming this is what you have, is there a problem with turbulence when the water flows down through the inducer? Without reading in detail the experiment, I'm not sure how far above the inducer the dropper is placed. I think they are not far apart, but if yours are more than 1 or 2 inches apart, you might want to move the inducer closer to the dropper output.

Let us know what your apparatus looks like - could you maybe post of a picture of it? Even better, showing the problem? Thanks.

Keith
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