Amazing plasma globe tricks that you never knew before!!!

Step 3 Solid-state things fun

Now try putting some solid-state things near the plasma globe and see what happens...

- The LED's may or may not glow and use cheap LED's because the LED's may die after being with the plasma globe. I had already lost two white LED's that cost me $3.00 each, so be careful on what LED's you use.

- The LCD screen should show digits or something. Now take the LCD screen far away from the plasma globe and notice what happened to the LCD screen? The LCD screen still shows digits! And the digits on the LCD screen will soon disappear...

Comments

[jschaefer1]

i rubbed the plasma globe against the top of my digital alarm clock and it CHANGED the TIME!!! (:

[plmqaz1243]

You probably hit a button or something...
Actually, it messes with transistors and stuff like that. Probably will change the time.

[Super_Nerd]

High voltages and induction are important to time travel.

[Super_Nerd]

You should find a battery operated plasma globe and make lights come on as it passes them. That might need an induction coil that would be closer to you though...

[psimeone]

Agreed. I foresee some neat art projects in my future to display at various "Burning Man Regional Events" - (held outdoors for 3+ days) - battery operation would be key for such endeavors. Cool instructable for a 15 year old, if you ask me! You're gonna go far, kid. Thanks for sharing this.

[Super_Nerd]

Actually, I did rig my plasma globe to run off of two 9 volts. My 12 volt lantern battery was dead. :(

RIP 12v Lantern Battery

2010-When I needed it the most.

[HardcastleMcKormick]

To the author: I think what you've done is just created a power source. I'm not sure what you did with the LEDs but in some of your earlier images you've simply touched one end of a string of lights or something to the globe and the other end to ground. If you tried to do this with LEDs they have probably blown because diodes must be connected in series with a current-limiting component (a resistor) in any circuit because a diode will only drop a certain amount of potential.

[Addy771]

Actually, what's happening here is the plasma globe builds up an electromagnetic field, which induces a current in the tubes without physically needing to touch them! It's the same concept that transformers work on. The LEDs probably blew because of the very high voltage present

[SFHandyman]

Reminds me of the time I put a magnet on the screen of our color television when I was about 12 years old. The magnet pulled colors around with it. This will screw up a cathode ray television tube! My parents were pissed because they had to have the TV tube Demagnetized. This was pre internet. I just accidentally discovered it and there really wasn't any way for a kid to know it would damage the screen. hahaha It was really gorgeous. IT WILL MESS UP YOUR TV. DON'T DO IT.

[knoxarama]

i did that too, but it eventually (after a month and a half) went back to normal.

[bowmaster]

My CRT monitor has a demagnetization button so I can put magnets on it with out damaging it.

[double_g]

If any of you do, do this just run a high powered drill next to the screen (with the bit parallel to the screen) and slowly move it away.  The decreasing alternating magnetic field created by the motor (it's decreasing because you are moving the drill away) acts just like a degausser would.  You will need to make sure that the drill is powerful enough though.  Most cordless ones will only work for slight tv/monitor distortion.  This little trick has come in handy more than once for me ;).

[SFHandyman]

That is an amazing science tip. Thanks.

[willrandship]

That's basically what the degauss in your tv does anyway. Uses the AC, runs a magnetic field over it, and you're done! Be warned, in my experience too many degausses will dim a crt screen (Especially higher resolution monitors)

[coolrobot]

i put a VERY POWERFULL magnet on top of my big screen tv when i was like 6 yrs old while i was alone and when my parents got home i blamed the dog. XD

[ReCreate]

Yeah, You put the magnet there and it magnetizes the screen, You can degauss it with the same magnet, just put it to the tv in the opposite side of the magnet, It undoes it mostly, but you would need a commercial grade degausser to remove everything.

[Plasmana]

I have done it once. :-) But you can do it to TV's with a built in degausser.

[ht2o]

wat is a degausser, and wat does it do?

[Derin]

you press a button and it demagnetizes the crt

[ReCreate]

Yeah,I had a younger sister do that to my CRT monitor,I found that the magnet from the cones of a speaker work well to de-magnetize a CRT,of course,it still has some artifacts left :(

[Minifig666]

 I took a neodymium magnet to school once. My friend was playing with it in IT and put it on top of the monitor and it went a bit crazy and now there is a big squiggly curve at the top of it.

[ReCreate]

lol

[master key]

it will not mess up some TV's if you do stick a magnet to a TV screen just unplug it for 1 to 2 days.

[ht2o]

also what keeps the speakers inside the tv from messing it up?

[Fireater989]

Their magnetic field isn't strong enough to affect the screen

[ReCreate]

They are shielded, A special material, Like copper is put in between to stop any fields from reaching the TV

[ht2o]

doesnt always work my tv has a messed up cornner and it has been that way for years

[coolrobot]

TV FAIL

[DuctTapeRules!]

How big was the magnet? I had a TV about 50-60cms and my brother put a 15-20cm diameter speaker magnet to it. That was fuuuuuuuuuuuuun...

[SFHandyman]

I'm pretty sure it was a speaker magnet. I used to take everything apart and I'm pretty sure that's where I got the magnet. I was a kid though, and don't remember anything but what it looked like while I dragged the magnet around the screen and how mad my parents got.

[the_mad_man]

you can do this to old CRT computer screens as long as you want without a problem as long as you press the buttons of the front until you get to degauss. if you degauss it it goes back to normal.

[eddu]

That's because newer crt screen have got a degasing circuit incorporated. Though after a lot of messing up with the screen it will reach a point when this degausing mechanism alone will not give good results and the use of an external and more powerful degaussing coil would be needed.

[Emsaid]

You'll get the same effect if you take the sparker out of a lighter and shock it. Pretty Cool

[willrandship]

That's actually unexpected (To me)