Hi Andy, No chance it would work. The 555 is limited to a few milliamperes current flow. And if you used a step up transformer to get the high voltage required the current would then be so miniscule it wouldn't even give you a tickle if you connected your self to the transformer secondary. Output current is inversely proportional to the turns ratio and a step up transformer has a high primary to secondary turns ratio.
What's needed is 30 - 60 milliamps at 10,000 to 15,000 volts to dissociate the gold atoms. It takes considerable wall current to provide that. There's no free lunch as far as trying to get high current and voltage with a little integrated circuit. Also, an auto coil cannot provide much secondary current. Look at the physical size and compare it to a neon transformer. It takes heavy wire and lots of steel core. Trem ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: CS>HVAC Has anyone tried making a HVAC generator for CS with a 555 timer and an auto coil? If the waveform is symmetrical and there is no ground reference then pulsed DC should work just as well as AC. Just curious... Andy
