BTW, after reading a US patent on ion emitters, I got a couple of ideas on how to upgrade it. If I find the parts I need, and if the upgrades work, I'll post a new video about it.
@leaualorin Part 3 of the reply: if you want to make a portable ionizer, DO NOT USE A CONDUCTIVE CONTAINER! If the solder from the multiplier section makes contact with it while you are holding it, the multiplier would short out AND SHOCK YOU!
The original design for the ion ray gun uses a plastic container (ok) with a conductive strip connected to the ground lead of the transformer, that you're supposed to hold (virtual ground). I decided to avoid that risk and connected it to a real ground.
@leaualorin Part 2 of the reply: 275V are not enough. I don't know the current your power supply puts out, but assuming that you use a 15-stage multiplier like I did, the maximum voltage it would put out would be 2 * 275 * 15 = 8250V (but in practice it will be significantly lower given the losses for each stage). In comparison, I used a power supply providing 7500V at 10 mA. With 15 stages, ignoring the losses, that can theoretically provide 2 * 7500 * 15 = 225000V.
@leaualorin Ionizing a cloud from the ground with a normal ionizer would require the ions to travel in a straight line for thousands of meters, without bouncing off neutral air molecules nor transferring their charge to them. That is completely impossible.
To cover a distance that big, you'd be better off using a powerful laser (search "electrolaser" on Wikipedia). Even HAARP does not use ionizers: instead, it uses high-power radio transmitters with frequences between 3 and 30 MHz.
lol electric wind
2cooliobeans 1 month ago
Dude-youre a genius!
peridiusoverlord 6 months ago
@peridiusoverlord Thank you. ;-)
BTW, after reading a US patent on ion emitters, I got a couple of ideas on how to upgrade it. If I find the parts I need, and if the upgrades work, I'll post a new video about it.
DevilMaster 6 months ago
@DevilMaster Boy am I looking forward to that :D
peridiusoverlord 6 months ago
@leaualorin Part 3 of the reply: if you want to make a portable ionizer, DO NOT USE A CONDUCTIVE CONTAINER! If the solder from the multiplier section makes contact with it while you are holding it, the multiplier would short out AND SHOCK YOU!
The original design for the ion ray gun uses a plastic container (ok) with a conductive strip connected to the ground lead of the transformer, that you're supposed to hold (virtual ground). I decided to avoid that risk and connected it to a real ground.
DevilMaster 9 months ago
@leaualorin Part 2 of the reply: 275V are not enough. I don't know the current your power supply puts out, but assuming that you use a 15-stage multiplier like I did, the maximum voltage it would put out would be 2 * 275 * 15 = 8250V (but in practice it will be significantly lower given the losses for each stage). In comparison, I used a power supply providing 7500V at 10 mA. With 15 stages, ignoring the losses, that can theoretically provide 2 * 7500 * 15 = 225000V.
DevilMaster 9 months ago
@leaualorin Ionizing a cloud from the ground with a normal ionizer would require the ions to travel in a straight line for thousands of meters, without bouncing off neutral air molecules nor transferring their charge to them. That is completely impossible.
To cover a distance that big, you'd be better off using a powerful laser (search "electrolaser" on Wikipedia). Even HAARP does not use ionizers: instead, it uses high-power radio transmitters with frequences between 3 and 30 MHz.
DevilMaster 9 months ago
Very nice*
Roobert33 9 months ago