If anyone has access to "Nuts and Volts" magazine archives they had a great article in the August 2009 issue. This gives all the necessary details.
Jeff
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> On Oct 31, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Terry Oxandale <toxandale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Frank,
> Could you send me those plans as well? I've got an Xray transformer in storage, and this may be the best use for it.
> Thanks,
> Terry
>
> From: Frank <fxrays@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2016 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Strickfaden's "Lightning Screen"
>
> Hi Dave,
> Email me, I have plans. It uses an x ray transformer.
> You need a disc of tempered glass.
> Frank
>
> At 11:10 PM 30/10/16 -0400, you wrote:
>> Esteemed Group,
>>
>> With Halloween nigh upon us, I was thinking of more interesting
>> things to possibly build for next year.
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about the circuitry for Ken Strickfaden's
>> Lightning screen? I know there is a central disc electrode that
>> arcs to a peripheral ring. I suspect the disc surface is smooth glass.
>> Phosphorescent paint (inaccurately called "radioactive" paint in the
>> 1943 Popular Mechanics article) applied behind the glass results in
>> afterimages of the discharges.
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out if the unit is driven with AC or DC, or AC
>> with a capacitor across the output. I'm guessing AC, but don't know
>> if there was any capacitance across the supply.
>>
>> Has anyone built one? Anyone ever have the chance to examine the
>> original article?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
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