Whilst waiting for more parts I built the power supply on the acrylic base mounted under the base. (It will be covered for safety as the voltage will be up to 25kV. )
Initially the supply will be from a 15kV 30m/a NST I stripped from an old SGTC I once built.
Nothing unusual in the power supply, just series HV diodes in a bridge with smoothing caps and bleeders wound around a piece of acrylic tube.
I always use nylon bolts, super glued to bases etc to make cheap stand off HV insulators.
I ran it up to full o/p to check the voltage and there were no bangs or flash overs.
Initially the supply will be from a 15kV 30m/a NST I stripped from an old SGTC I once built.
Nothing unusual in the power supply, just series HV diodes in a bridge with smoothing caps and bleeders wound around a piece of acrylic tube.
I always use nylon bolts, super glued to bases etc to make cheap stand off HV insulators.
I ran it up to full o/p to check the voltage and there were no bangs or flash overs.
