Chapter 362: Wick
While Wang Yong and Luke were thinking about the filament material, Quentin, who had not spoken much, said, "Can we try it with magic crystals?" Wang Yong and Luke raised their heads and looked at Quentin, their eyes full of doubts.
Quentin didn't explain, so he casually picked up a piece of magic crystal from the workbench that had been exhausted, and then mobilized his own magic power to pour it into the magic crystal.
Wang Yong and Luke watched carefully, but they didn't see anything, but Quentin smiled slightly, and said with some playfulness: "You guys are watching." As he spoke, Quentin had already pressed the magic crystal in his hand to the ground, and at the same time, the action of pouring magic power into the magic crystal did not stop.
An astonishing scene appeared, only to see that the magic crystal suddenly emitted a dazzling light when it touched the ground, so that Wang Yong and Luke couldn't help but squint their eyes slightly, and blocked the dazzling glare with their hands.
Time passed, and as Quentin's mana diminished, the light emitted by the magic crystal gradually dimmed, until it finally disappeared completely, reducing it to an ordinary magic crystal.
Quentin stood up and looked at Wang Yong and Luke very proudly, but Luke and Wang Yong did open their mouths wide and stared at the magic crystal in Quentin's hand in a daze. After a while, Wang Yongcai stammered and asked, "How did you get it?"
Quentin was proud, with an old face raised and said proudly: "This is the accumulation of experience and experience." ”
Speaking of this, Quentin saw that Wang Yong's faces were twitching and there were signs of madness, so he quickly explained: "I also discovered it by accident, and I also thought about using various methods to charge the magic crystal before, but it was unsuccessful. But in the end, I found that I could still store my magic power in the magic crystal, but the energy consumption in the middle was too great, and it was really worth the loss. But I didn't give up and wanted to figure out how I could reduce my energy loss. I remember one time, when I was pouring energy into the magic crystal, I accidentally caused the magic crystal to touch the wall. Then the shard began to glow, but the magic I poured into it also disappeared, so I knew that the shard could glow. But I don't know if the magic crystal meets your requirements, because I haven't lit the magic crystal for a long time. ”
Wang Yong pondered Quentin's words, and formed the picture described by Quentin at that time in his mind, and after several deliberations, he felt that the idea of using magic crystals instead of tungsten filaments was very likely to be realized.
Wang Yong did not hesitate, picked up the magic crystal in Quentin's hand, carved two grooves in the two sections of the oval magic crystal at random, and then used the spar as a binder. Connect the wires and crystals together.
At this time, Luke was already standing in front of the magic array that provided electricity, and when Wang Yong signaled, Luke immediately activated the magic array, and then the three of them looked at the magic crystal at the same time, and the look of anticipation in their eyes was fully revealed.
Wang Yong released his divine sense to observe every detail, and when the magic array was activated, he saw the electric light flickering on it, and then transmitted to the rudimentary transformer through the connected wires, making the current more stable. The current then passes through the transformer. Reach one end of the magic crystal, and the other end of the magic crystal is the neutral line that Wang Yong connects through a transformer.
When the current with voltage was transmitted through the magic crystal to the zero line, the magic crystal flashed slightly, emitting a faint light. But this light is so dim that it is estimated that in the dark, it is not even as good as a match.
Just when Luke and Quentin were puzzled, Wang Yong's face changed drastically. He opened his mouth and said loudly, "Turn off the magic circle." Luke reacted fairly quickly, and quickly removed the magic crystal from the magic array.
But it was still too late, and I saw a muffled sound from the transformer. Then came a puff of black smoke and a pungent smell. Luke and Quentin didn't know why, and curiously walked over to the transformer to check.
Wang Yong also shook his head and sighed and walked over, and after the three of them dispersed the pungent black smoke together, they saw that the inside of the transformer was already charred black.
Luke asked Wang Yong suspiciously, "What happened?"
Wang Yong shook his head helplessly and said: "The gap between the current that this thing can withstand and the current output of the magic array is too large, causing the transformer to overload, and those indigestible currents gather more and more, and finally it becomes like this." ”
Quentin thought for a moment and said, "Is there any way to solve it?"
Wang Yong nodded and said, "Yes, there is, but it will take many, many experiments to build a transformer suitable for this magic array." If you change a magic array, you have to adjust and change it, which is very troublesome. ”
Just when Luke and Quentin were a little frustrated, Wang Yong smiled and said, "But I have another idea." ”
Luke hurriedly asked, "What do you think?"
Wang Yong didn't answer, after untying the wires connected to the transformer, he kicked them away like a toad, and then tinkered with the magic array for a while, and connected all the wires, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "It depends on whether all our materials can withstand the impact of the current." With that, Wang Yong activated the magic array.
This time, with the passage of the current, the magic crystal still only emitted a faint light, although there was no transformer to stabilize the current output of the magic array, but the light emitted by the magic crystal did not flicker, it seems that the current output of the magic array is still very stable.
Seeing that the experiment was successful, Wang Yong let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at the magic crystal that glowed with a dim light in confusion, not knowing why this was happening. It was bright and bright when Quentin experimented just now, but now it looked so dim and weak.
The three of them squatted next to the magic crystal and studied it for a long time, and after Quentin tried it again with other magic crystals a few times, Wang Yong finally saw something.
Wang Yong found that whenever Quentin gradually stopped injecting energy into the magic crystal, the light emitted by the magic crystal would gradually weaken, which showed that in order to make the magic crystal emit a brighter light, it would require more energy, which could be achieved by increasing the output power of the magic array.
But what worries Wang Yong is that in this way, the current consumed will increase, and the consumption rate of the magic crystal that provides the energy of the magic array will also increase, if this consumption is too large, then the idea of letting the whole coastal province use electric lights will be shattered.
Although the territory now has a large number of magic crystals, and also has a way to charge magic crystals, if the consumption is too large and the income is not enough, it will outweigh the losses.
Just as the three of them were thinking, Sophia, who was secretly paying attention to them, said timidly: "Wouldn't it be better if you used a small piece of magic crystal?"
Hearing Sophia's proposal, Wang Yong's eyes lit up, and Luke, who was closest to the workbench, hurriedly got up to look for it, and finally found a piece of blue magic crystal the size of a chestnut and handed it to Wang Yong and said, "This piece is the smallest, but there is still a lot of water energy in it, I don't know if it can be used." ”
Wang Yong looked at the walnut-sized magic crystal connected to the wire, and then looked at the magic crystal handed by Luke, and said uncertainly: "I don't know, let's try it." With that, he began to replace the magic crystal.
When everything was ready, Wang Yong personally stood in front of the magic array, and then said with a cautious face: "Everyone take precautions first, and if something is wrong in a while, run quickly." ”
Seeing that Wang Yong said so solemnly, Luke and Quentin both ran to the workbench, put the more important things into their rings, and then took Sophia and the three of them to stand at the door of the alchemy room, and after each released their magic shields, they looked inside.
Seeing that Luke and the others were ready, Wang Yong also released a magic shield himself, and controlled the flying sword to levitate above the two sections of wires, ready to control the flying sword to cut the wires at any time.
Wang Yong, who was a little nervous, took a deep breath, resolutely activated the magic array, and then quickly retreated to the middle of Luke and the others, stretching out his head to look at the magic crystal with water-based energy.
Everyone stood at the door and looked inside, only to see that after the magic array was activated, the magic crystal of the water system emitted a brilliant blue light, which was not dazzling, it seemed so soft, reflecting the whole room in a smoke.
Everyone was stunned by the picturesque scene in front of them, and Sophia and Samantha shook their mouths in shock and whispered, "It's so beautiful." ”
Wang Yong didn't pay attention to this beautiful blue light, but kept paying attention to the changes in the magic crystal.
After about ten minutes, Wang Yong finally determined that after the magic crystal with its own energy was lit by the current, there would not be an explosion due to the imaginary energy saturation, but the energy in the magic crystal would be excited by the current and constantly consumed.
But this kind of consumption is very small, Wang Yong roughly calculated, according to this consumption rate, the residual water energy in the magic crystal can be maintained for more than half a year. If it is only used at night, it can also improve its service life, of course, even if the energy inside is exhausted, the magic crystal will also emit light and illumination, but at that time the magic crystal will no longer emit blue light, but white light.
Wang Yong lifted the magic shield, led a group of people to the magic crystal, carefully observed again, and finally announced the success of this experiment with the confirmation of Luke and Quentin.
In the cheers of Sophia and others, Wang Yong and others did many experiments, such as the magic crystals of various energies will emit various kinds of light after being excited by the current. The softness of the blue light emitted by the water magic crystal, the warmth of the red light emitted by the fire magic crystal, the heaviness of the yellow light emitted by the earth magic crystal, the vitality of the green light emitted by the wood magic crystal, the blur of the purple light emitted by the electric magic crystal, and the softness of the blue light emitted by the wind magic crystal, the light of various colors gave people a completely different feeling.
Also, at Wang Yong's suggestion, in order to save costs, Luke also cut a piece of intermediate-grade water magic crystal into a thin slice three millimeters wide, three centimeters long, and one millimeter thick to make a wick.
After experiments, the light emitted by this magic chip is much brighter than the whole magic crystal just now, which is more suitable for lighting. It's just that the water energy in the magic chip is less, and the blue light emitted is slightly lighter, but the speed of its consumption has also decreased a lot, and the energy in it can be used for about half a year, and then it will turn into white light. (To be continued.) )