Halloween prop Jacob's Ladder
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2016
- This is my take on the iconic jacob's ladder. We will be featuring a Frankenstein lab attraction this year at our haunted house display and what Frankenstein lab would be complete without a jacob's ladder? Look for additional videos on our full size pneumatic Frankenstein prop! Thanks for watching and Happy Haunting!
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Cool looking prop. Form, function, whimsy. This project could have easily been overcomplicated. You kept it simple. Very nice.
Absolutely Awesome !!
Nice looking prop, looking forward to more videos.
Thanks Rob!!
It's interesting that your glass tube is enclosed at the top. I've always heard that the tube should be vented to allow the movement of air, otherwise the spark won't travel up the wires properly.
Also, the LED lamps will only be drawing 20mA (0.02A) or so each, so the 12 Volt, 1 Amp power supply is more than enough. To get them brighter, you would have to either decrease the value of the resistor in series with each LED (internal on yours?) or increase the voltage. Changing the power supply to a higher current one won't make any difference.
Oh, the prop looks great of course! :)
Thanks for the comment da-share! The tube enclosure doesn't seem to have any effect on the arc. Of course the bottom of the tube is completely open so I think there's enough air movement as to not not have an effect on the arc. You bring up a great point on the LEDs. I usually create my own LEDs, but in this case I bought some LEDs from radio shack that I believe have their own in line resistors. I've used these in the past and it seems that the higher amperage transformers seems to make the LEDs brighter. I don't know know what resistors these have built in so I'll have to do some checking as to what the best results will be. I'll follow up on if the higher amp transformer makes the LEDs brighter
Excellent stuff! Just what I was looking for. I do paranormal investigation etc and need one to save my batteries.. Paranormal things have a tendency to draw your battery power completely.
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I imagine that instead of the piece of two by four, I can use Bakelite instead.
Thanks once again!
nice work. specially for the glass vase. if you can make a hole in it, do air can flow, and leave it on for a few hours with doors and windows closed, ozone that it generates disinfects the room. open windows for clean air to replace the poison before using the room again.
looks so awesome and thanks for sharing !! HFL!!
Thanks Deoblo!!
Nice job! Looks really great. Very detailed and highly realistic. Kudos!
Thanks Montclair! Gonna try your version of the $20 Arduino prop controller on my pneumatic Frankenstein prop. Looking forward to it, and I'm sure your tutorials videos on the prop controller will come in handy!
Good luck with that, friend, as. I just fried one of my controllers. Honestly, I've had nothing but problems with the thing. It all works well and good until you connect the relays to anything, then the trouble starts. Make sure you read up on it at hauntform to know what you're getting into. You'll need some diodes to protect the relays if you're going to be switching 12v solenoids, or so I'm told. None of the additional components I've been told to add (and done so) have gotten me to a final working prop. Hopefully, if you steer away from switching AC loads, and put the "flyback" diode(s) in parallel on your solenoid connection(s), you'll probably be alright. Switch AC seems to be the major culprit in my project.
+Montclair's Lair thanks for update on the Arduino. Wow, I'm glad I asked because with the trouble you experiencing I may decide to ditch the Arduino for a standard prop controller. I'm all about saving money, but lately I don't have the time I use to have, so dealing with the problems you've described doesn't sound worth it to save a little money. I'm thinking I can make the prop with 4 channels and the Picoboo PLUS is not a bad deal for $140.
Love it so want one I build small replica pole transformers it's my hobby
Vrry cool
Thanks Hauntguy!!
Damnit Montclair beat me to another video again :) That is awesome and love the fact it was such a neat and clean setup! Very cool you gave a warning about the voltage and danger too. One question, any worries about the wood being on top of the transformer and being so close to the igniter?
That Montclair always send to seems to beat everyone to the punch! 😀I'm not worried about the 2x4 being on top of the transformer. In fact, the transformer itself doesn't produce much heat. The copper rods however do get pretty hot after running for awhile, but I think it's well below the temperatures of worrying about any fire hazards. Plus wood is after all a terrible conductor of electricity, so I think it should work just fine and be safe for operation. Thanks for the comment!
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What is the rating on that resistor. Ik you said 1m ohm but
you said 1m ohm resistor.....how many watts?
Of all the ones I have seen, I like this one the best. I am trying to build one myself, but cannot find the materials you used to create the base for the rods (bolts, thumb screw mount) did you make them and did you use copper rods.
Ron Hutchinson thanks for the comment! I think I purchased all the bolts and hardware at Lowes. And yes, the rods are made out of copper.
OhioHaunter thank you for the prompt reply, I spent over an hour at Home Depot tonight, so off to Lowe's tomorrow. I asked about the rods, because I could only find brass and have not been able to local copper.
i want to make dis stuff or buy from you.. can you help me out with dis.