Realistic ILLUMA STORM plasma globe

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corporalcripp

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2008

• #1

Or ball?Anyway,I found one,cat. #42-3035,at a flea mart last Sunday.Had the original box but no owners manual.It appears well cared for,maybe never used.
Works great.Any plasma ball owners out there?

 

BruceRPA

AK Subscriber

Subscriber

• Oct 15, 2008

• #2

I don't have one but I do remember them. They are fun to watch, especially with the lights out. Among other things, we used to put a coin on the top of the globe and then watch the spark jump from the surface of the coin to your finger when it got close enough. It would burn traces into your skin.

Sheesh! Kids! One learns the hard way that if you play with fire you get burned!

How about posting some pictures (with the lights out) for members that don't remember them?

 

kretinus

squanto was a fool

• Oct 15, 2008

• #3

Walmart $19.99 when they have them

 

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SpruceMoose

Super Member

• Oct 15, 2008

• #4

yeah, i got one of those, and two lava lamps. my kids love 'em!

 

mhardy6647

Lunatic Member

• Oct 15, 2008

• #5

My son has a plasma globe we got him some years ago; they are very cool.

 

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BruceRPA

AK Subscriber

Subscriber

• Oct 15, 2008

• #6

I think that the one that corporalcripp has is bigger than the WalMart versions that I saw not too long ago. His should be about 10" in diameter, if I recall correctly. They are the same idea though.

They were really groovy!

 

kretinus

squanto was a fool

• Oct 15, 2008

• #7

Mines around 8", cool as hell to stare at, also have the clock.

 

Switchblade

Super Member

• Oct 15, 2008

• #8

Get one! I have and it's cheap fun and a conversation piece. If your consciousness is in a "higher plain", it's truly a work of electronic art....:huge:

 

markn2wae

Mark T N2WAE

• Oct 15, 2008

• #9

Flat disks too!

Google "Lumin disk" and you get to see the "flat panel" version of the plasma ball, they come in different colors too.:thmbsp:

One sample link here.

Mark T.

 

jhal

Titanium Bliss

• Oct 15, 2008

• #10

I remember when those first came out in the mid 80's, they were north of $400 and considered an exotic toy.

 

VinylHanger

Navigaret ex ironia

• Oct 15, 2008

• #11

My daughter has a dolphin one. Odd thing is that if you touch it, it turns on the touch lamp across the room.:scratch2:

 

cademan

Lunatic Member

• Oct 15, 2008

• #12

I had one I sold years ago that I built from an old flyback television transformer. Just google 'Flyback Transformer Experiments', and see all the fun stuff that pops up including Tesla Coils. There is even one that connects to your stereo for some cool visual effects.

 

avionic

" Black Knights " F-15 back shop EW avionics

Subscriber

• Oct 15, 2008

• #13

Check out this stuff.... http://www.primelitecanada.com/Interior_StrattmanDesign.htm

 

kretinus

squanto was a fool

• Oct 19, 2008

• #14

cool link dave, I'm going through stacks of lighting catalogs now trying to get ideas for the new cave when we put our addition on.