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diyAudio Member
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Perth, Australia.
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A Shocking Thing To Do To An Attack Cat.....
I have picked up a couple of 240V operated types at flea markets for a few dollars each.
From memory they are a step-up transformer, followed by a voltage doubler or tripler.
Either way they produce high voltage at very high impedence.
Breathing moist air toward the needles causes a cool purple corona.
I have had my own fun standing in insulated shoes on a rubber mat, and touching one of the electrodes and charging myself, and then discharging to something grounded (room heater) and drawing quite a spark - 6 mm or so.
My cat (big black Panther clone) refused to have anything to do with me for a day or two after I offered an outstretched finger - a big spark lept from my digit and into the tip of his nose.
Smart cat - I was not able to do that trick to him twice in the one week.
Discharging into the tip of his tail was a guaranteed way of getting my legs savaged.
My ioniser sat on the mantle piece, and small dust particles would collect below it.
These are an effective way of dispensing with smoke, and clear the room air quite well.
Eric.
PS - I think ETI magazine published a design decades ago.
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But not too low a voltage to ......
I had a slightly different encounter.
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