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Light Bulb Under Water

PIRA: 5K30.30

Materials: Light connected to spool of wire, Mason Jar, Transformer Base, Water

This demo is to show how transformers work as well as to show how strong enough magnetic fields have the ability to move charge through wires that they are not connected to. Even to the point that a light bulb can be safely turned on under water.