Little bundle of dubious 240V soviet joy.
Added 2018-02-02 02:41:17 +0000 UTCThis is just a picture... The video will come later, but this little gas lighter device from the Ukraine is very shady. It also appears to have a very low duty cycle as demonstrated by the smoke that came out of it when I was taking this picture. I get the feeling that it may just be a solenoid with an electrical contact on the end. It makes a reassuring vintage electrical noise while arcing ferociously at the end and probably jamming every TV and radio in the vicinity.
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Mom on speed dial
Harri Haataja
2018-03-11 13:32:44 +0000 UTCI have the larger and smaller versions. The most useful is the larger one because the focal distance is less critical, but the small one comes in useful too for greater detail. They use three AAA cells which is good and the light output is perfect for the range. Here's a typical Chinese seller:- <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/162221251307" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.com/itm/162221251307</a>
Big Clive
2018-02-03 22:21:15 +0000 UTCJason, it's just a guess but I'm going to go with eBay. I've been wanting one of these little magnifiers myself. In this last video Clive had 2 different ones. Judging by the images on eBay this link below looks like the one. I think it's a 40x at first and then he switches to a lower magnification for the camera. 10x maybe on the second glass.<a href="https://m.ebay.com/itm/40X-Magnifying-Magnifier-Glass-Jeweler-Eye-Jewelry-Loupe-Loop-2-LED-Light-US/132327455256?hash=item1ecf54ba18:g:mUQAAOSwx6FZuLt2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://m.ebay.com/itm/40X-Magnifying-Magnifier-Glass-Jeweler-Eye-Jewelry-Loupe-Loop-2-LED-Light-US/132327455256?hash=item1ecf54ba18:g:mUQAAOSwx6FZuLt2</a>
Jim
2018-02-03 19:04:18 +0000 UTCCan I ask what magnifying glass do you use in the videos to read the tiny markings on components and where can I get one like it?
Gadgetman
2018-02-02 19:11:49 +0000 UTCI hope you got some cookies on my dime :)
2018-02-02 16:06:36 +0000 UTCI don't think it's quite as complicated, but it does have similar characteristics to the circuit interrupter section.
Big Clive
2018-02-02 15:13:33 +0000 UTC<a href="https://youtu.be/SB62AfXLEHY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/SB62AfXLEHY</a>
Jonathan Brown
2018-02-02 14:41:11 +0000 UTCLooks like a mini tesla coil. Can't wait.
PeetieGonzalez
2018-02-02 13:57:01 +0000 UTCWe used to tell the new starters on their first time clearing scrap tubes from a TV repair workshop to put their hand over the hole to "stop all the dirt falling out onto the shop floor"...
Andy Brown
2018-02-02 11:29:29 +0000 UTCNice, interesting waffle!
2018-02-02 10:54:00 +0000 UTCHT is always fun. I used to do the xray testing for a CRT factory for Lucky Goldstar (LG). a tube came off the line every 13 seconds and we used to tell the newbies that they have to touch the button to activate it. the button (annode) would have a capacitance from the inner and outer graphite and a charge from the Knocking process, and invariably after a few hours of a 24kv prod every 13 seconds, they would be looking to quit.
2018-02-02 10:44:12 +0000 UTCPrepare the Brinkley stick!
2018-02-02 09:53:50 +0000 UTCAlrighty... got me tinfoil hat on, wrapped meself in chicken wire, got me earth stake held firmly between the toes. Proceed.
Chris Talbot
2018-02-02 09:39:25 +0000 UTCReminds me of my days 1980s in Padiham LANCS we made gas appliances. Had a bit of fun with the solid state 100KV rack mounted electrostatic kit for the powder coating paint booths. I recall we had a very funny KV tester that looked a bit like a nail on a long stick and I think a dome in a bowl for the spark gap, possibly, it looked like a toy. The other KV tester we had for 25kv +- was for testing piezo igniters it was a glass tube with two ball bearings and screw to change the gap and a scale to read the KV, The spring loaded waterheater piezo device was 20mm diameter and 75mm long would give you a slight-BIG sting if you activated in on your hand, you would get used to the sting. New apprentices would be shown the device working (while keeping a straight face) then .... let them have a go :-)) I once used put a piezo igniter between the jaws of waterpump pliers and connected it to a 12" caravan florescent tube, it worked quite well. Sorry for the waffle. John
John Harrison
2018-02-02 09:26:42 +0000 UTCare you going to have to put the camera in a Faraday cage to film it?
Olly Whitton
2018-02-02 08:40:30 +0000 UTCThere’s a white van with Dti written on the side and a bunch of directional antennas poking out of the top driving around the Isle of Man trying to find where the interference to global communications is coming from! ... very dubious engineering !!
2018-02-02 07:59:33 +0000 UTC73 De M0XXX ... He said Dubious! :)
2018-02-02 07:56:25 +0000 UTCAs a radio ham - I would just like to officially state "Ugh!" for the record.
David Glover-Aoki
2018-02-02 05:57:30 +0000 UTCNot to forget spudgery.
2018-02-02 05:40:51 +0000 UTCIf there is to be some hoiking involved or taken to bits, or maybe even a unexpected zap. You'll have my full attention.
2018-02-02 05:40:20 +0000 UTCWhy do I like the idea of a Crazy Russian Zapper.. Can't wait for the video
Jono Harley
2018-02-02 04:21:40 +0000 UTCThe BBC would like a word...
Dustin
2018-02-02 04:20:18 +0000 UTCOooh sparks and fun to be had!?
2018-02-02 03:37:57 +0000 UTCExcited to see this on video.
Ryan G.
2018-02-02 03:04:55 +0000 UTCHe had me at "240V Soviet Joy" very curious to see what the hell it's made of as well.
2018-02-02 02:59:49 +0000 UTCYou had me at "...arcing ferociously at the end and probably jamming every TV and radio in the vicinity."
Chris Muncy
2018-02-02 02:57:14 +0000 UTC
