Hi All, Well the humid season has arrived, and it doesn't seem worth it to run any of my devices. Well if any of you were wondering, the demonstration I was...
Hi Todd It has been a while since I have said anything – I feel sorry for people who live in the tropics as you have to pack up your gear for nearly 6...
Hi Trev, I live in Massachusetts, USA on the coast and while far from tropical we do get our share of moisture so I can sympathize. I forgot to mention that...
Thanks Todd I have the Perspex disc now for a year and haven’t done anything with them. Soon now I guess, but they are 6mm thick 13” Diameter. I think...
Hi Todd That's the place I got my Wimshurst Generator from. In fact I got one last year, and picked up another this year since as I thought the price was...
Hi Phil, It would be nice if we could use this humidity the way nature does, to make electricity. But I think my landlord would frown on thunderclouds in my...
Hello all, I'm new to this group and failry new to electrostatics as a hobby. I got started about six months ago when my daughter wanted to make a Leyden jar...
Hi Paul: Welcome on board! Sounds like you are really on a roll building stuff. Cruise the photo section to see what us folks are up to. Let's see some of ...
Hi Paul Welcome to the group. You are a tinkerer and like myself, love making things from old parts and scrap. You will find this group most helpful. They...
Thanks for the welcome. I found a very good book from Lindsay called "The Boy Electrician," first published in 1940. Loads of great projects and ideas, from ...
Hi Paul, I've had good results following advice from http://www.alaska.net/~natnkell/leyden.htm I use a plastic rubbermaid 1.9L storage jar, with a screw on...
... Yes, I found this site. Very useful. His cookie sheet electrophorus is very surprising and effective! ... I read in A. D. Moore about using the charge to...
I know this is geared more toward VanDeGraaff generators and such, but I was hoping I might get some insight on charging a capacitor. I started out wanting to...
Hi Troy, ... A properly designed voltage multiplier can work quite well for capacitor charging. For example, by using a number of identical lower voltage ...
If you are using a voltage multiplier/adder the output is allready DC at the output. 100kV you must be talking about a Cockroft Walton style adder. If you're...
I guess I should have clarified that, yes I am using a voltage multiplier. I am assuming that it has a standard recovery time. I'll look into that. What I am...
OK, so I put together a system to fire a car ignition coil like a Ruhmkorff coil, and it works well. On one side it uses 2 6 volt lantern batteries to power a...
Very interesting site, but I didn't find anything that answers my question. Reading around I think chokes would work, but I don't know enough about them to...
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Petersen and I have recently turned my attention to electrostatics. Not long ago I built a Wimshurst...
Dan, Wrap the lower roller in felt cloth and make a letex belt. Don't use the alcohol on the belt. I have a 22" dome on a 4" clear PVC pipe with a 3" letex...
Hi Dan: Welcome to a great forum. Lots of smart and experienced folks who are willing to share their knowledge. I built two vdgs which I have documented with...
Hi Alan and the group: I have added three more photos of the roller assemblies and my latest Leyden jar in the "Dan's Gizmos" photo area. Thanks for the tips,...
Hello again, What I am doing is taking the HV from these amazing machines, and looking for a sign of "free energy" from the spark. One more pic from another...
Hello Everyone, My name is Darrin and I thought I'd give a VDG attempt after my Friend Dan Petersen built one. It seems I might be having the same issues as ...
Hey again everyone, I have a few more questions that I hope some of you more experienced guys can answer, here we go. Does the width of the belt matter? Will...
Darrin: Think about the VDG being a conveyer system carrying electrons up to the top terminal. Width and belt speed determine the rate of delivery of the ...
Thanks Dick, I do appreciate the assistance. Here are a few more that might help me design a better VDG the next time around. Looking at the Triboelectric...
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