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RE: cascade multiplier
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Subject: RE: cascade multiplier
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:48:08 GMT
From:
robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org (Robert Michaels)
Organization:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
To:
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
-> You mentioned in a pervious mail that you could provide more info
-> and schematics on a Cockroft-Walton multiplier.
-> My plan is to use this multiplier circuit as the power supply for
-> a plasma globe about 12" in diameter.
-> The globe will be filled with heluim.
You'd must be prepared to do some kind of fast and fancy
fandango if you expect to operate a plasma globe from a
voltage multiplier. Such provide dc and plasma globes
require high-frequency =ac= at high voltage, such as you
might get from ... ah, let me see now...what were those
called ... er... oh yes, now I remember - a Tesla coil!!
Commercial plasma globes are powered by hi-voltage/high-
frequency supplies more or less similar to those found in
the CRT power circuits of TVs and video monitors.
-> I am planning to connect the circuit direct to 220VAC from the
-> wall outlet with a 1 Amp fuse.
A voltage multiplier of the type you describe is a =suicide
machine= if directly connected to the ac power lines. Use
an isolation transformer!
Else - call Dr. Kvorkian - his methods are a lot
more gentle.
-> If I do use this setup and connect it to the globe, can I touch the
-> glass safely ? I dont want to get fried :-)
You can touch the glass with complete safety if you haven't
gone overboard with the power levels in high-frequency =ac=
supply. In fact, not only can you touch it, I specifically
advise it: plasma globes are a lot like tits in this