Re: Plasma Tweeter

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Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk> 

Hi Jim,

If by infamous, you mean this one:

http://www.ece.villanova.edu/~cdanjo/plasma.html

Which is based on this design, By Ulrich Haumann, which I the one I  built:

http://www.plasmatweeter.de/

All I can say is: Go for it, it is a wonderfull little tweeter.

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Wrenchead-at-starband-dot-net>
>Hi all,
>Tomorrow I will attempt the infamous plasma tweeter, my question is, how 
>does this thing work?  It has no primary and only an input voltage of a 
>few hundred volts, yet maintains a plasma flame large enough to be heard 
>at 80dB!  Has anyone here built one of these, could it be done without 
>tubes, or are tubes best suited for the job...?
>Regards - Jim Mitchell
>