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A violet ray or violet wand is a device used for the application of low current,high voltage (min 10kv to max 50kv typacally), high frequency electricity to the body using a Tesla coil, originally sold as a quack medical device claimed to be useful in electrotherapy, though, since the 1990's, it has been used largely as a sexual stimulation device and by hairdressers to stimulate the scalp. It is especially popular among the BDSM community though antique models also popular among collectors of quack medical devices. The violet wand was recomended by Edgar Cayce. Today, it is also used, with differant electrodes, for electrostatic leak detection. Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 420-380 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ...
Violet is primarily used to describe a color often confused with purple. ...
A Tesla coil is a category of disruptive discharge transformer coils, named after their inventor, Nikola Tesla. ...
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Electrotherapy is basically the use of an electric current to stimulate a tissue with the objective of healing or restoring a lost function, and has many therapeutic applications. ...
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The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the face anteriorly and the neck to the sides and posteriorly. ...
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A modern violet wand typically consists of a hand held "wand" made of plastic. The base of the handle has a permanently attached electrical cord which plugs directly into a wall outlet. The wand will have an intensity level control and sometimes an on/off switch, usually located near where the electrical cord is attached. In the base of the wand, an electromagnetic "buzzer" type circut rapidly makes and breaks the circut, thus serving the purpose of a spark gap in a normal Tesla coil. The intensity is controlled by varrying the distance between the electrodes, and thus the intensity of the output (a key differance between a violet wand and a normal Tesla coil is that as the output of a violet wand increases as the distance between the electrodes decreases). The electromagnet also serves as an inducer to prevent the unit from drawing too much current. The Tesla coil consists of two coils and a capacitor. The "tip" of the wand (the output of the Tesla coil) has a socket into which an electrode is inserted. A spark plug. ...
An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by a flow of electric current. ...
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A Tesla coil is a category of disruptive discharge transformer coils, named after their inventor, Nikola Tesla. ...
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A violet wand only creates shock sensation when there is a gap between the electrode and the body (full contact creates a slightly warm sensation). A violet wand electrode is usually made of clear tempered glass and is sealed and filled with a gas which glows when the wand operates. Different gas mixtures produce different glowing colours, usually purple, red, blue, or pink. Glass electrodes also come in a variety of sizes and shapes (including probe shaped, rake shaped, curved-y shaped, mushroom shaped, or bulb-shaped). Most glass electrodes have a metal end cap which inserts directly into the electrode socket on the wand. Some bulb-shaped electrodes have a screw thread cap and require an adapter in order to connect them to the electrode socket. The term Purple has always been used in a general sense in English by the average person to describe a wide variety of shades within a range of colors intermediate between blue and red. ...
Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ...
The term Blue may refer any of a number of similar colors. ...
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Glass electrode is a potentiometric sensor made from glass of f specific composition. ...
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Solid metal electrodes (usually probe shaped) may also be used, and produce a far more intense sensation than glass electrodes. Note that a continuous metal rod should never be used. It should be interrupted by some sort of insulating spacer. During normal operation, the insulator will allow the high frequency high voltage output of the wand to pass through. In the event of an electrical short within the wand the insulator will block direct connection of the line voltage to the rod, a potentially hazardous situation. This is the arraignment most commonly referred to as a "spark gap".
The standard US size for the electrode connector on a violet wand is 7/16 inch (11.11 mm).
Violet wands can be operated with a foot switch which attaches between the wall socket power outlet and the electrical cord of the wand. Depending upon the type used, the foot switch may adjust the intensity of the wand, or may be a simple on/off switch (which is especially useful for wands which do not have their own on/off switch).
Violet wands were invented and sold by Nikola Tesla in the early 1900s. However, numerous companies copied his design and began selling the devices. Tesla refused to defend his invention, much to the consternation of his financial adviser. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)[1] was a world-renowned Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. ...
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One popular misconception is that violet wands produce ultraviolet light, and sometimes violet wands are erroneously called "Ultraviolet wands". Violet wands do not produce any significant amount of ultraviolet light and do not cause UV burns. However, the glass electrodes do generate ozone and nitrogen oxides, giving your skin the well known "ozone smell." Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than soft X-rays. ...
For other uses, see Ozone (disambiguation). ...
The term nitrogen oxide is a general term and can be used to refer to any of these oxides (oxygen compounds) of nitrogen, or to a mixture of them: Nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen(II) oxide Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) (Nitrous oxide) Dinitrogen trioxide (N2O3) Dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) Dinitrogen...
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[edit] Erotic electrostimulation (also known as E-stim or electrosex), is a human sexual practice involving the application of low current electricity to the body using a special apparatus (such as a TENS unit or Violet wand) for purposes of sexual stimulation. ...
A Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator, more commonly referred to as a TENS unit and pronounced tens, is an electronic device that produces electrical signals used to stimulate nerves through unbroken skin. ...
A collar is a common symbol in BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behavior. ...
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