That didn’t happen due to issues with internal arcing and problems with pre-amplification of the photomultiplier signals. We I last reported I was hoping to have a long burn in run with the real chambers.
We have however gotten into a reasonable position for completion and installation of the artwork. There has been much going on but progress was slow in dealing with a few nagging issues. They go through a random blinking programs. I added some globes at the top of the pedestal light by LEDs. The gas feed lines are installed and all the electronics are securely mounted in the pedestals. The electrical noise from the pulses didn’t bother the LED controllers or the other circuitry. Our battery has a capacity of 66 amp-hours so we should only draw it down 50% overnight. With all the LED lighting added (for night safety) it drew 2.5 amps maximum. I powered it up from the solar controller and deep draw battery and fired the system into dummy loads. I assembled everything together except the decorative shell. Thanks to all for your support and encouragement and for making Cosmic Connection a reality. We have lots of great pictures I’ll include a few here but if you want more just send me an email and I’ll send you the link. Support from the Burning Man organization was excellent. I'm pleased with the overall result but next year I paint everything dust color. Before and after the Temple burn many folks came over to us because of an opportune location near a major work and a fire performance. I got interviewed live on the Playa radio station. This was a particularly hot year.ĭespite all this we got a lot of compliments and it showed well. Many of the major funded projects had non-working parts, too. We weren't the only ones with burned out stuff at the end. The mirrors, windows, and solar panels continually covered with dust we had to clean away at least once a day. Heat? Dust? Bad connections? Never was able to chase it down. Maybe we should have stayed with the idea of a total enclosure.ĥ) The spark chambers seemed to develop a mind of their own, fading in and out of display. We'd adjust it twice a day and then come back and it would still be too high due to differential expansion and contraction.Ĥ) The sun was so bright you couldn't see arcs in daytime. If anyone would like some just let me know.ģ) The gas metering got screwed up by heat/dust so I used up the gas 1.5 days early. I'm bringing back several pounds of the dust in my RV for show and tell despite best efforts to remove. It was almost impossible to remove the dust. What went wrong:ġ) 140F temps on the ground (107F in the shade) burned up several circuits including 3 sets of commercial LEDs and a power inverter.Ģ) Dust got into everything including sealed HV which the 10 kV loved to track across. That sounds terrible, and we can do better, but was about par compared to a number of technical installations. It took Kevin and me two days to set up and only 1/2 day to disassemble at the end.
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