Re: Large Van De Graaf Sphere

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Vivek Babtiwale by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dr_vek-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Have any of you had luck finding large Van De Graaf
> spheres for around $300? I wanted one that was 4 feet
> in Diameter. 

	$300 doesn't sound like a bad price for a sphere that large.

> Every place I leeked at says $600 for a
> sphere made of aluminum. I considered making one out
> of aluminum strips but am wondering if the junction
> edges will cause a leakage problem. Does anyone have a
> web site where they've see a home made one that works
> and didn't take more than two weeks to make?

	That's a mighty ambitious project to try to accomplish in 2 weeks!  I'd
be inclined to buy the one you mention.

Ed