Re: Plasma Tweeter

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Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Wrenchead-at-starband-dot-net> 

Well, I made somthing like a plasma tweeter, but it has no plasma and doesn't
tweet!  Its a MINI vttc, uses subminiature hearing aid tubes, and a camera
flash for B+ and I got it to light up a whole fluorescent tube just  now,
later I will put it in a nice project case and off to ebay it goes!

Regards - Jim Mitchell
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Plasma Tweeter


 > Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk>
 >
 > Hi Jim,
 >
 > If by infamous, you mean this one:
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 > http://www.ece.villanova.edu/~cdanjo/plasma.html
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 > Which is based on this design, By Ulrich Haumann, which I the one I
built:
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 > http://www.plasmatweeter.de/
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 > All I can say is: Go for it, it is a wonderfull little tweeter.
 >
 > Cheers, Finn Hammer
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
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 > >Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Wrenchead-at-starband-dot-net>
 > >Hi all,
 > >Tomorrow I will attempt the infamous plasma tweeter, my question is, how
 > >does this thing work?  It has no primary and only an input voltage of a
 > >few hundred volts, yet maintains a plasma flame large enough to be heard
 > >at 80dB!  Has anyone here built one of these, could it be done without
 > >tubes, or are tubes best suited for the job...?
 > >Regards - Jim Mitchell
 > >
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