FLUROSCENT LAMP TRICKS FOR KIDS

Stuff you need

1. A self-exciting fluorescent bulb
2. High-power transmission lines
3. An adult to take you to the power lines

How to do it

1. Go to the power lines.
2. Stand underneath the lines and hold the bulb up.

Result

1. The bulb lights up.

Why

1. Capacitance is created between the earth (ground) and the power lines.
2. Capacitance is energy being stored (in storage).
3. Under the high-power lines there is enough stray energy to excite the gas in the tube enough to make it glow.

Extra stuff to do

1. Try experiment with other bulbs, neon and or different sizes.
2. Try experiment using different high-power lines.
3. Try the experiment at different times of the year.