Power plant voltage leak detection using torches - GIF

Power plant voltage leak detection using torches.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...250#post150146
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...213#post207906
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...890#post206746
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...576#post201233
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...938#post194729

OK, so what does it look like when there is a leak?

This makes sense as the torches make ionised gas particles from the flame plasma, which would give the electricity a path to follow.

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Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

OK, so what does it look like when there is a leak?

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The flame will change from sorta pointed (flame shaped) to a shorter, flatter profile. Here's an example of that behavior with a high voltage AC source. You don't have to have a visible arc for the flame to be deformed, and this will work with HV DC, also.

https://youtu.be/bMzimriuz4M?t=58

Here's one using HV DC:

https://youtu.be/L51kg_n2PYo?t=85

Similar to NASA's "Broom Test" for detecting invisible hydrogen flames.

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net..._fire_test.jpg

More: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/spinoff1997/ps1.html

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