This one's easy. The water acts as a coil in a metallic cylinder. It's a sort of hydraulic solenoid. The water charges up electricity through the magnetic field of the metallic cans, and when it hits the buckets below, the electricity is discharged in the poodles in such a way that the electrons are released and conducted through the connected wires which leads them to the air pocket of resistance which creates the sparks.
i think it's simpler than that... Just because the cans are conductive doesn't make them magnetic. The field is being produced by the conduction of electric current in the cans which causes the water to fly all over the place.
the conductive properties of the cans are such that as the water passes through the cans it is stripped of stray electrons which are then transmitted by wire to the larger buckets. This is an uneven process however and it creates a charge differential which as it builds up actually causes the magnetic field in the smaller upper cans which in turn causes the water to oscillate. the differential is then released by passing the current from one lead to another and it causes the spark because as herzog said air is not a perfect conductor.
I should not the reason why the current isn't constant is because the diffrences in charge have to build up before they are strong enough to overcome the resistance caused by the air. But that goes without saying.
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I can't figure out why you posted it twice.
This one's easy.
The water acts as a coil in a metallic cylinder. It's a sort of hydraulic solenoid. The water charges up electricity through the magnetic field of the metallic cans, and when it hits the buckets below, the electricity is discharged in the poodles in such a way that the electrons are released and conducted through the connected wires which leads them to the air pocket of resistance which creates the sparks.
i think it's simpler than that... Just because the cans are conductive doesn't make them magnetic.
The field is being produced by the conduction of electric current in the cans which causes the water to fly all over the place.
the conductive properties of the cans are such that as the water passes through the cans it is stripped of stray electrons which are then transmitted by wire to the larger buckets. This is an uneven process however and it creates a charge differential which as it builds up actually causes the magnetic field in the smaller upper cans which in turn causes the water to oscillate. the differential is then released by passing the current from one lead to another and it causes the spark because as herzog said air is not a perfect conductor.
I should not the reason why the current isn't constant is because the diffrences in charge have to build up before they are strong enough to overcome the resistance caused by the air.
But that goes without saying.
What I had to say goes without saying, so I didn't bother.
Sounds like someone is trying to outnerd himself. Let's wish him good luck and look away.
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