http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage Everything that's high-voltage in my life and mind. Thu, 05 May 2005 17:13:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brian Basura is a guy who likes to play with high voltages at home. He built a device that can shrink quarters to the size of dimes, using 10,000 MW of power! He designed an ultrafast switch that immediately zaps all the power from a 22,000V capacitor into ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/05/05/shrinking-quarters-into-dimes/ There are three wires that connect an electrical socket to the main service panel in your house. Black is hot, white is neutral, and copper or green is ground. The voltage between “hot” and neutral is 120V. Theoretically, with this knowledge you can change electrical outlets all ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/04/28/electrical-sockets-and-how-to-change-em/ There were signs lying around the Analog Electronics Lab that said “Danger: High Voltage”. I always thought they were kidding. I never touched anyone’s experiments anyway, out of respect. One day I found out that the signs were real. Following that day, I was afraid ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/04/25/i-thought-they-were-kidding/ I was a lab assistant for a physics class at MIT in which the students did various experiments with electricity and magnetism. In the class, the students had to build both a low-voltage power supply and a high-voltage power supply. Imagine a lab filled with 50 freshman students, ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/04/21/the-joys-of-being-a-lab-assistant/ A couple of weeks ago, some folks from the power company came to my house to remove the old power lines and replace them with new ones. I was told to move my car, because they would be cutting the power lines directly above it. I moved it ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/04/20/replacing-the-power-lines/ High Voltage! is a place for me to store notes, thoughts, and random ideas about electronics. Sometimes there will be an emphasis on power electronics, but not always. I am fascinated by high voltages, but I am also afraid of getting shocked accidentally. High voltages sure can ... http://blogs.orangelabs.org/highvoltage/2005/04/20/high-voltage/