Re: [TCML] OT high voltage DC power supply PLEASE HELP

[HomerLea@xxxxxxx]

eBay has cheap but good Wimshurst machines (made in China, of course); easy 
two inch sparks without killing anyone. Also I have been making shocker 
coils for kids; 20 turns of bell wire primary around a coil from an old relay 
and powered by a 1 1/2 volt battery.
Jim Heagy

> Subj: [TCML] OT high voltage DC power supply PLEASE HELP 
>  Date: 5/18/2010 8:11:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time
>  From: teslamad@xxxxxxx
>  Reply-to: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hey everyone, hoping some of the veterans here could help. I'm supposedto 
> be helping this summer at a community college with an engineeringcamp 
> targeted towards middle and high school students. They were in needof some ideas 
> for the camp, not to mention ideas to replace the currentideas. The person 
> running the camps idea of an engineering camp isletting the kids build 
> things out of popsicle sticks... Shes going tobore them to death! If they 
> wanted to do that, they could go to a girlscout craft camp... When they come to 
> a college, they expect to bewowed. Point is, these camps are intended to 
> get kids excited aboutengineering, math, and science. To replace some of the 
> popsicle stickstuff we thought of the perfect solution. Have the kids get 
> into teamsand have them each build an ionic lifter. Heres where someone 
> here canhelp. Community college budgets are small enough as it is, and finding 
> a20,000vdc or higher power supply is becoming very difficult. Does 
> anyonehave an old one lying around in the garage. I know all of us have alittle 
> bit of everything stashed everywhere. If someone is not using itand would be 
> willing to donate it to the college, we would reallyappreciate it. Just 
> need something capable of creating the effect forthe students. Thanks ahead of 
> time guys!
> 
> Andrew Robinson
> www.teslamad.com
> 
> P.S. Thanks Chip
> 
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