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From: awylie@pyr1.cs.ucl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: homebrew air ionizer?
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Date: 8 Apr 88 09:54:00 GMT
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Nf-From: pyr1.cs.ucl.ac.uk!awylie    Apr  8 09:54:00 1988


I have seen several ionizer projects in electronics magazines here in
England. They all are just EHT generators, typically a few thousand
volts, connected to a sharp point. This generates a brush discharge
which ionizes the air. You have to be a bit careful with the EHT
of course.