high voltage Archives

How-To: Switchable-Polarity 250,000 Volt Power Supply

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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February 9th, 2012 4

In today’s project on diyphysics.com, David Prutchi shows how to build a Cockcroft–Walton multiplier using a “ladder” of capacitors and diodes on perfboard, submerged in mineral oil, inside a sealed plastic container. The multiplier takes high voltage AC, e.g. from a TV flyback transformer, and both rectifies it to DC and steps it up considerably. […]

Arc Attack! Plays Dr. Who

By Chris Connors

Chris Connors

Making things is the best way to learn about our world.

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May 22nd, 2011 4

Arc Attack! is back with their unique blend of high voltage and melodic ozone creation. It appears that there are a couple of kids in the faraday cage. How’s that for a memorable childhood experience?

Kinect + Tesla Coils: Those Fools At The Academy Laughed At You…

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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March 14th, 2011 12

If you only watch one online video today, it should be this one. Or at least the first 10 seconds of it. That guy is my new hero. [via adafruit]

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