Re: Tesla Diodes home made?

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

(One snip too many:
	van de Graaf generators are (were?) routinely used to power
	accelerators, etc.  In fact van de Graaf generator
	was invented  as better than Tesla Coil for such work
	....)


>>Hmmm, so I COULD expect good output?  Whats the cheapest

>>and easiest way to make a corona rectifer?


	Cheapest and easiest usually yield sub optimal
	results.


>>Like: the MINIMUM requirements to make it work.  Would a
>>Harddrive disk be useful for the plate and a nail for the point?


	presumably.  Maybe not well.

>>How would this be coneected to the tesla coil?


	Which polarity is desired?


>>ie: where does the plate connect and where does the nail go?


	And the TC should be operated below breakout voltage.


> And another, more common, name for the device would be
> helpful if such exists. Googling for "corona rectifier"
> gives _one_ return: a message on _this list_!


	Corona Rectifier is the name.  There is much wisdom
	which is not on the WWW, hence, inaccessible to
	google.  eg printed proceedings of IEEE, and
	predecessor organizations.

	That having been said, Field Ion Rectifer may also
	work.  Cold Cathode rectifer.  Applications are (were)

	Usually to non TC power sources, so some basic

	engineering may be necessary to apply them to TC
	systems.

	best
	dwp