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Albertgauss
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- I'm having trouble finding a high-voltage power supply in the range 1000 to 10,000 volts for Do-It-Yourself Electrostatic Motors--Looking for recommendations
I am trying some projects that involve building some very simple electrostatic motors. I attached below figures of the kind of electrostatic motors I am trying to make. What I can't figure out is what kind of high-voltage power supply I should use, presumably 1000 to 10,000 volts is what these websites recommended.
Can anyone recommend a model(s) or part number(s) of the correct high-voltage power supply to use?
I have got a couple of these motors to work using a Van De Graaff generator but I cannot select the output voltage to make the motors turn very well. I would much rather just use a power supply that can output the voltage that my Van De Graaff can output--far easier, cleaner, more efficient, and with user control on exactly what my output voltage is.
When I go to the internet, I get a whole mess of power supplies that are not 1,000 volts or more. I don't understand why so many power supplies that are 24, 48 volts etc come up when I goggle "high voltage power supply", "10,000 volt power supply", etc. How can I refine my internet search so that only 1,000 to 10,000 volt power supplies come up?
It seems that 1-10 kV power supplies should be readily available. There seem to be plenty of websites about how to build your own. I don't want to build my own High Vpltage power supply. I'd rather just get something off the shelf if I could.
From experience, what is the typical cost of such a power supply? Lots of websites want a quote and all that but they don't have their prices immediately available. What should I expect to pay for a 1,000 to 10,000 volt power supply?
Can anyone recommend a model(s) or part number(s) of the correct high-voltage power supply to use?
I have got a couple of these motors to work using a Van De Graaff generator but I cannot select the output voltage to make the motors turn very well. I would much rather just use a power supply that can output the voltage that my Van De Graaff can output--far easier, cleaner, more efficient, and with user control on exactly what my output voltage is.
When I go to the internet, I get a whole mess of power supplies that are not 1,000 volts or more. I don't understand why so many power supplies that are 24, 48 volts etc come up when I goggle "high voltage power supply", "10,000 volt power supply", etc. How can I refine my internet search so that only 1,000 to 10,000 volt power supplies come up?
It seems that 1-10 kV power supplies should be readily available. There seem to be plenty of websites about how to build your own. I don't want to build my own High Vpltage power supply. I'd rather just get something off the shelf if I could.
From experience, what is the typical cost of such a power supply? Lots of websites want a quote and all that but they don't have their prices immediately available. What should I expect to pay for a 1,000 to 10,000 volt power supply?