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Registered Member #952
Joined: Mon Aug 13 2007, 11:07AM
Location: Finland
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Thank you all for your replies. CT2, I've tried to make a multiplier, but after some zapping, something died. Well, after a while I got new cameras and did the same once again. Same problem. Strange, isn't it? I'm now going to try the 555 thing, and I will report here about the results.
Registered Member #180
Joined: Thu Feb 16 2006, 02:12AM
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 187
Yeah if you make the multiplier too big then you can kill the caps/diodes. You need a limiting resistor on the output to stop that from happening. I did the same thing you did, made a big multiplier and then it made one nice big spark and that was it, had to check all the caps/diodes to see what failed, removed the failed component and replaced it and then it happend again. So yeah just use a resistor on the output if your going to short it.
Registered Member #952
Joined: Mon Aug 13 2007, 11:07AM
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Hi again, all! :) Here's some pictures of my finished micro ion spray gun: So here are the electronics (disposable camera transformer with its driver and a 6-stage CW and a 10M limiting resistor on its output). It charges to around 4000 volts, and you can feel a strange "wind" flow from it. It can also stick a small piece of paper to the wall for half a minute. And, of course, some arcs :) These are really 4mm long. And side view. It simply has a grounding wire in its handle, so it's grounded to its user. What do you think about it? And what kind of experiments could this be used for?
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Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 04:57PM
Location: Norway
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So small! I wanted to make one of these a while ago, but never did. I had a .pdf with things to try once, but I can't find it. You might find some suggestions here.
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