TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's the craziest thing that ever happened at your workplace?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down11
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the craziest thing that ever happened at your workplace?TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoDid you build Tesla coils or something? Were there intentional sparks involved?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agono, and yes. i’m not going into more detail for fear of doxxing myself but basically we wanted the waveforms generated by a high-voltage short circuit. later tests involved help from a power company and actual high-voltage lines.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 hours agoSounds like a very cool job Those sparks must be epic, should give you the feeling of being a Nordic god or something The smoke from failed tests must be epic too
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoit was, i miss it. surprisingly little smoke, but we did get some good arcs going.
Did you build Tesla coils or something? Were there intentional sparks involved?
no, and yes. i’m not going into more detail for fear of doxxing myself but basically we wanted the waveforms generated by a high-voltage short circuit.
later tests involved help from a power company and actual high-voltage lines.
Sounds like a very cool job
Those sparks must be epic, should give you the feeling of being a Nordic god or something
The smoke from failed tests must be epic too
it was, i miss it. surprisingly little smoke, but we did get some good arcs going.