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From: sprouse@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Steven Sprouse)
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Subject: Re: Plasma Globe
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Date: 9 Apr 89 17:41:07 GMT
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In article <16914@cup.portal.com> Azoth@cup.portal.com (Victor cthulhu Gibbs) writes:
>Help.
>
>I am looking for plans on building a plasma display globe.
>Can anyone help me by sending plans or recommending a place
>where I can locate the plans.
>Thanks
>

 A recent issue of Radio Electronics had plans for a plasma
globe. I believe it was either the Dec. 1988 or the Jan. 1989
issue. They also have a reference for plans for a suitable
power supply. (I think the power supply design was sometime about
the April 1988 issue.)
	I got all the parts but have not had the time to put it
 all together. The key thing you need is access to some sort
 of vacuum pump and a source of inert gasses. The pump does not
 have to be fancy . Any high school or college physics dept
 will have one. As far as the inert gases go, you don't need that
 much gas but I don't know what the smallest quantity you can buy
 is.
				-Steve