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Re: cascade multiplier
Subject: Re: cascade multiplier
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:25:58 -0700
From: "DR.RESONANCE" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
To: "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: Robert Michaels
You don't really want DC in the plasma globe ball. A 25-30 KHZ AC RF
supply makes a good source to drive a plasma ball. Resonance Research
carries a complete RF driver on a circuit board with flyback that drives
balls up to 14 in. dia. with good results. This board operates from 120
VAC input and provides 9-10 KV AC RF output with adjustable frequency
sweep. Cost is $60 and $5 for shipping. Board is 4 x 6 inches and
weights
less than 1 lb with flyback aboard. Output current is 2 ma full load
short
circuit.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> Subject: RE: cascade multiplier
> Date: Sunday,April 20,1997 11:01 PM
>
> --
> Subject: RE: cascade multiplier
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:48:08 GMT
> From:
> robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org (Robert Michaels)
> Organization:
> Society of Manufacturing Engineers
> To:
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
> -> You mentioned in a pervious mail that you could provide more info
> -> and schematics on a Cockroft-Walton multiplier.
>
> -> My plan is to use this multiplier circuit as the power supply for
> -> a plasma globe about 12" in diameter.
> -> The globe will be filled with heluim.
>
>
> You'd must be prepared to do some kind of fast and fancy
> fandango if you expect to operate a plasma globe from a
> voltage multiplier. Such provide dc and plasma globes
> require high-frequency =ac= at high voltage, such as you
> might get from ... ah, let me see now...what were those
> called ... er... oh yes, now I remember - a Tesla coil!!
>
> Commercial plasma globes are powered by hi-voltage/high-
> frequency supplies more or less similar to those found in
> the CRT power circuits of TVs and video monitors.
>
>
>
> -> I am planning to connect the circuit direct to 220VAC from the
> -> wall outlet with a 1 Amp fuse.
>
>
> A voltage multiplier of the type you describe is a =suicide
> machine= if directly connected to the ac power lines. Use
> an isolation transformer!
>
> Else - call Dr. Kvorkian - his methods are a lot
> more gentle.
>
>
>
>
> -> If I do use this setup and connect it to the globe, can I touch the
> -> glass safely ? I dont want to get fried :-)
>
>
> You can touch the glass with complete safety if you haven't
> gone overboard with the power levels in high-frequency =ac=
> supply. In fact, not only can you touch it, I specifically
> advise it: plasma globes are a lot like tits in this