Date: Wed Feb 14 16:19:39 2007

Author: Jerry DiMarco

Subject: Re: Incandescent Bulb Destruction and Uses

Post:
I have a few questions before I hazard a guess. Does the magnet
force you to change the method used to open the switch? Is the bright
flash from the arc or the bulb? What was the intended result of this
modification? Thank you...

Jerry


At 09:41 AM 2/14/2007, you wrote:
>From: WC Maddox
>
>If you have a large horseshoe magnet and a setup
>like http://electro.physics.auburn.edu/~demo/em/5j/5j20_20.htm put the
>switch contacts between poles of the magnet. When you jerk open the switch
>you will get a bright flash. If you use 15 or 25 W bulbs the filament is
>sometimes burned out. If anyone knows what is happening, Dr. Williams at
>Auburn would like to know. He came up with this modification of time delay
>experiment. It is more than the discharge of the energy stored in coil and
>V=-Ldi/dt. The bulbs don't burn out if you don't use magnet.
>
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Jerry DiMarco
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Montana State Univ., Physics Dept.
Bozeman, MT

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