Re: Tesla Diodes home made?

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

In a message dated 4/28/02 12:53:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< Ed: Research in isotopic separation or acceleration of electromagnetic 
waves
 requires continous output fron your device to provide sufficent production
 for evaluation at a practical yeald. Power sources such as the Vandegraph
 are good power sources for singel event research, but not for continious
 use. The cost of production of a single gram of Osmium is over 300K$. By
 using a TC as the power source the production cost are a fraction. The
 problen is providing DC power to maintain proper bias on the acellerator
 plates. This power is generaly about 2 MegV per plate set. The TC with NO
 toroid easly provides this potencial, but is AC not DC so it must be
 rectified and stored before use. The Corona rectifiers provide sufficent
 current and DC for this use. Storage is the same as the Vandigraph,but is
 available for continious use. No this not brute force power for lighting
 like EDISON power requirements but in the lab it is A GOD SENT SOURCE OF
 HIGH VOLTAGE POWER. The rectifiers are simple, sufficent area to provide
 current to over-come losses. The spacing is sufficent to avoid arc over.
 With NO toroid the arc length is controlable and free of random sparks and
 voltage problems.. A series of carona rectifiers gives clean DC with little
 rippel. Standard ball discharge regulators control over voltage and can be
 controled with simple input power control. Size and cost is small in
 relation to other methods.  NO is is not pritty like Govt/tax suported work.
    Robert  H  
  >>
Hmmm, so I COULD expect good output?Whats the cheapest and easiest way to 
make a corona rectifer?Liek, the MINIMUM requirements to make it work.Would a 
Harddrive disk be useful for the plate and a nail for the point?How would 
this be coneected to the tesla coil?ie: where does the plate connect and 
where does the nail go?

Matt G