Lance

Yea... as of this post bush is up by 43 EV and 9% PV

The actual votes should be tallied tonight. But if its anything like it was four years ago then we may not know who the president is for weeks.

Our city has spent tons of money on our new recycle program. They took away (stole if you will) all of our trash cans and gave us back a recycling container and a tiny little trash bin. We are only aloud to have this one trash bin and they will not accept any other types on bins. They collect trash every week and the trash bin is full the day after they collect. This forces us to recycle the rest of our trash. Let me say that again, they force us to recycle. Luckily enough people complained (including me) and in a few months we should be getting larger trash bins. Oh and did I mention how much of my/our money they wasted with all of this? The city bought all new trash trucks plus different types of trucks that pick of the recycle bins. Not to mention the bins themselves that are made to be picked up without the trash man even getting out of the car. This way the trash man doesn’t even have to get out of the car. I do strip things for spare parts though like YT said.

Same here but the ceiling is plenty high for me (I’m 5'10 or somewhere around there). A few times I have had to stop what I was doing and leave the lab because the fumes where so bad. Yuck. I have also broken a few pieces of glassware on the concrete floor which I’m going to have to replace when I get some money. I really need a job.

I would only change one variable at a time. First I would find the best number of primary turns then I would mess with the spark gap.

It looks great ultamax. I'm sure you have already done this but did you tune it? Make sure to adjust the spark gap distances along with changing the primary turns. I think that even with a crapy ground you should be able to get larger sparks than that. Also keep in mind that your input was only around 9.5kv when you tested it. Sorry I can’t be more of a help than that.

Hey well most 'normal' people think that uv light is purple because most 'normal' uv lights have crapy filters that let purple light through. Sheesh. Dont make me get my saracastic tags out.

Looks like all the formulas are written out here. I prefer calculators myself. Doh! There is a formula for saltwater caps. Sorry! But like a said, most beer bottles dont have a constant thickness.

Youre not surprised are you?

Don't be sorry. That should be fine.

I'm thinking bush too.

I think most people use a multimeter for measuring saltwater caps. 1. Will the spark be raised above the board? Normally the only reason wood becomes conductive is when it starts to burn and caramelizes. So as long as the gap is above the wood and there’s no chance of it heating you should be alright. Also, if you coated with polyurethane first I don’t see why it would be a problem. My first primary was on a piece of round particle board and I never had any problem with it. 2. What’s wrong with the normal 6" ducting? I don’t think steal will be a problem. YT uses a toroid that’s just two steel bowls wielded together. (Correct me if I’m wrong) 3. This is really hard to predict. The problem is that if you cut the bottom off and get smaller sparks you can’t to go back to the other coupling. 2" seems a bit high though. You may want to cut a very small bit off at a time after you finish everything else and see how it affects performance. Good luck!

How is it different?

"Will the spark gap produce bad uv probs for your eyes?" Yes, but its bright enough that you won’t want to look at it anyway. Its too bright to be able to make out any shapes. "and what’s the potential for x ray production" I don’t think there is much of any. "Has anyone ever tried to build a silencer exhaust around the spark gap" I have not heard of one. I think it would make the gap too hot. "and what about using a rotating gap to keep it cool." Yes that works too. It just takes a bit more work than two nails. YT can probably answer some of these better.

You dont have to read it. Dont open that section if it bothers you,

Sorry... that was a typo. Fixed.

That should be fine. I’m not sure about the calculator for saltwater caps. I think there are some for normal plate caps but I have never come across any for saltwater. I think it would be pretty hard to make a calculator for saltwater because of all the different types of bottles

Ozone is mostly harmless. It does everything it says it does. I suppose you could call oxidized oxygen ozone...

Pangloss, regardless of who you vote for I gota say I really admire you and your replies to the the political wars in the politics section. Happy voting.

I really oughta get one of those. Anyone got a spare peltier they wanna trade for?

Notice that the tasty creamy goodness has been converted to semi-conductive carbon goodness. Mmmmmmm.

A 12kv 30ma neon sign transformer. I wanted to use a microwave oven transformer but I couldnt find one laying around.