Tesla Valve Explained With Fire
NightHawkInLight2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2019–2021
demo · general · evergreen · 2019–2021 on HN
NightHawkInLight demonstrates how a Tesla valve works by sending a propane flame front through one, making the flow visible. It is a short, hands-on experiment video.
HN points to it as a clear, visual demonstration whenever a Tesla valve comes up.
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3 comments from Hacker News
For a fun visual demonstration, check out nighthawkinlight's video where he runs a flamefront through one -- ▶ this video Also seconding the Huygen's optics video osamagirl69 already posted below -- link
I’m assuming this is being posted due to this recent popular video, which I think is a very well made demonstration of how the valve works: ▶ this video
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