Michael Rhodes you'd think it's the UV thats the killer but it's actually the IR spectrum radiation that's most damaging to your eyes. Watch the video from AvE on auto darkening welding helmets for a great explaination
I built these as a kid growing up in the '60's. You are missing a ballast. The ballast limits the current through the lamp. I took another 2 carbon rods from batteries just like you have. Put these two rods in a series circuit with the existing two rods that will light. Dip the two new rods in salt water. I used some kind of quart sized container. Keep the rods separated and immersed in the heavily salted water. This will act as a current limiter to the other rods. You might have to "strike" or touch the two arc producing rods together briefly to start the arc. You also will see a little smoke rise from your makeshift ballast but it will work much better.
Interesting and quite practical idea! I would be inclined to do a bit of testing to figure out the resistance at different salt concentrations. Thanks for watching!
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In the late 70's I was trained doing this, I'm a lithographic printer and we use arc lights (using carbon) to expose the film to metal decorating plates. We also use to recycle to the steel and copper plates used on the presses. It's all digital these days now.
@@AdamAvacado your right but I was specifically referring to the Autotransformer concept. Plus I kinda hate on resitive ballasts, especially when the voltage exceeds 50 v.
@@thatretrocattt also my apologies. I didn't realize the second test was AC until I rewatched and saw the caption page. So yes the Variac would totally work and be well worth it. I don't even know how I managed to miss that.
I could do an arc with a MOT modified transformer, 12V AC, I know AC is harder to maintain an arc, it means it's possible do with a car battery, but you have to find out the way to do it, I tried do it with 6V AC and it really don't works, but at least 12AC, you can badly contacting touch (touch and untouch some times) the tips to heat then until they start become incandescent, this time you may be able to get an arc, low voltage is harder to get an arc, really need know how open the arc to be successful, I've got 25A of arc current. If you have more 12V batteries (3 of then), you can try 36V DC arc, it must be stable, because you must know AC has turns on and turns off because the 60Hz oscillation, the voltage rises on positive side, downs to zero, keeping downing to negative side peak, and than, rises to zero again and keep rising to positive peak, this happens all the time at 60Hz, this is what make a AC arc be harder to reach, this is why DC inverter welder machines are better. But you must reach a stable arc with a lower voltage that you got it on 50V AC voltage, like 24VDC or 36V DC using batteries linked in series.
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