Re: Lifter (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:46:44 -0300
From: Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Lifter (fwd)

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> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 00:46:46 -0400
> From: Mike <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Lifter
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> Has anyone been able to make a lifter that is self contained? Prob would have to be huge (several 100 kv/mA just to pick up a aa lithium battery, so not something that could be scaled down.
> 

So far, this seems to be impossible by several orders of magnitude in several requirements.
I saw somewhere one with helium baloons to help in the "lifting" that carried the power supply, I think.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz