Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:41:45 -0800
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

"Has anyone here ever tried to build a Van de Graaff with a belt like
those used by pelletrons?  The belt would not be easy to build, but I
wonder if there is any sort of a device that uses a chain that could
be modified with insulated links.  Here's some info on pelletrons for
anyone interested:

http://www.pelletron.com/charging.htm

Zap!

Charles Brush"

	I've wondered the same thing.  The Pelletron is a really ingenius
machine, but making the belts and pulleys would probably be a prodigious
task.  Maybe hollow balls strung on nylon line?  Why doesn't someone
with ambition and time try it and report the results?

Ed