Re: Large Van De Graaf Sphere

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

ED years ago I used a large Beer keg with rounded ends, not the small mini
keg,  with satisfactory results. oil drums were to leaky and caused radio/tv
interfearance problems. I can not get Sea buoy any more, but they were 5'
dia 1/4 thick Nickel steel spheres that sold surplus for 100$. They were
over 400 lbs to try to suport. Some old PROPANE tanks are spheres and less
weight but they rust, and are dangerous to cut open with out soap, water,
and  CO2
   Robert  H
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:38:03 -0600
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> Subject: Re: Large Van De Graaf Sphere
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> Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:48:11 -0600
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> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
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> 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
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