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did you ever see a plasma ball fly out of a power strip?

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coppercone2:
it must be something with the carbide? MOV. I found a broken clock and a 3rd fried power strip. This was really strong.

the only adrenaline rush I got was from buying the replacement power strips because tripp lite is so expensive

im sorry but this 'flash' theory is incorrect. buy one and see that thing CANNOT flash. And it was mounted under the table facing a wall that is 3 inches away with a lamp in the way. I was not effected by some kind of lights, its not even a thunder storm, it was a nice day just real windy

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: coppercone2 on March 15, 2021, 02:04:06 pm ---it must be something with the carbide? MOV. I found a broken clock and a 3rd fried power strip. This was really strong.

the only adrenaline rush I got was from buying the replacement power strips because tripp lite is so expensive

im sorry but this 'flash' theory is incorrect. buy one and see that thing CANNOT flash. And it was mounted under the table facing a wall that is 3 inches away with a lamp in the way. I was not effected by some kind of lights, its not even a thunder storm, it was a nice day just real windy

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Tripp lite is good stuff, it's what I use everywhere too.  It isn't exactly cheap, as you say, but they are a once-in-several-decades purchase...

Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: coppercone2 on March 15, 2021, 02:04:06 pm ---im sorry but this 'flash' theory is incorrect.
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In case you are referring to me, I wasn't suggesting that; quite the opposite.

Laboratory ball lightning experiments use high voltage, and carbon and/or silicon, and some metal.  You could say that the effects of a lightning strike on the power lines vaporizing a MOV is pretty damn close.

Because of that, I would say it is possible to have occurred exactly as you described (a plasma effect similar to ball lightning); very rare, but not unbelievable at all.

CatalinaWOW:
A plasma ball still seems unlikely for the following reasons:

A plasma created inside the power strip seems like it would be quenched as it left the tiny exit holes you describe.  (That is actually one of the design goals of a good enclosure).

A plasma would not tend to follow a parabolic trajectory.  A hot ball of ions would be unlikely have its motion dominated by gravity.  The necessary magnetic fields to maintain the ball imply really rapid motion of the plasma, possibly in a toroidal vortex.  There would be strong interactions between that and the atmosphere (bouyancy, friction, convection ....)

Obviously something happened.  But I would bet on a jet of molten metal or just hot gases before I went to the plasma ball possibility.  When I have been able to reconstruct events like this the initially inexplicable has often turned out to be something relatively mundane.  Of course most of the time I haven't been able to make all of the facts fit and just end up scratching my head.

coppercone2:
it got to like a distance of 4 feet away from, the power strip. its unified because it changed direction

I think they have some repulsion properties that's why they can get down chimneys and stuff. I thought it maybe skid in that ground crimp tunnel folded metal crap like a maglev train

it was a unified moving thing because it changed direction like that spiral I drew, it could not have been a jet or lance or something.

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