• lime!@feddit.nu
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    8 days ago

    no, and yes. i’m not going into more detail for fear of doxxing myself but basically we wanted the waveforms generated by a high-voltage short circuit.

    later tests involved help from a power company and actual high-voltage lines.

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      7 days ago

      Sounds like a very cool job

      Those sparks must be epic, should give you the feeling of being a Nordic god or something

      The smoke from failed tests must be epic too

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        7 days ago

        it was, i miss it. surprisingly little smoke, but we did get some good arcs going.