[TCML] "Lifter" power supply questions

[<mrapol@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am working on a high voltage "lifter," and I have some questions about 
powering it. I checked the list archives and found some info, but nothing 
that addresses my particular questions. Any clarification would be 
appreciated.

Most of the how-to stuff I have read supposes you're building a power supply 
from scratch, adapting a flyback, etc. I have a variety of HV sources:

--a 100 kV DC variable power supply, made by Hamilton Drills of Canada. 
(These are commonly sold on eBay. They appear to be solid state induction 
coils, rectified to give DC output? The maker insists they are DC, although 
he does call them "Tesla" coils too . . . )

--various NSTs in voltages of 7.5kV, 12kV, and 15kV, at 30 and 60 mA

--an OBIT (10kV, 23 mA)

--auto ignition coils driven by household dimmer switches

--a Van der Graaff generator

--a hand cranked Wimshurst machine

My question is, nowhere have I found what would be needed to hook up an 
existing power supply to the lifter. From what I read I assume the Hamilton 
Drills unit is the most suitable, but simply connecting the lifter to the 
output posts does not seem to work. An email to the Hamilton Drills maker 
yielded a reply that I need to connect two 75kV, 5mA diodes (?) in series to 
the unit's output--presumably the + terminal?
> From what I read on the list archives, it is possible to use AC sources like 
NSTs? My big question, having power supplies and having made a lifter, what 
is the best way to hook them up?

PBT 

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