[TheForge] DIY Electrostatic paint gun

[Grover Richardson]

Car coil with a rectifier from an Amateur Radio source would do fine.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON:::::

A car coil, by itself, will only generate a leg wetting experience.  But add
capacitance to the circuit and it becomes dangerous instantly.  The
capacitor stores enough energy for it to become lethal.  We work with up to
100kV here.  Been there, have seen appropriate puddles on the floor<G>.

I had a circuit a few years back that put 10 uF (as I remember) in series
with a car coil and ran it off of the 110 VAC power lines.  I can look it up
if you are interested.

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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 9:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] DIY Electrostatic paint gun



I dont know of any plans but most of the ones Ive seen operated in the 10kv 
range.



At 10:54 PM 9/30/2004, you wrote:
>Has anyone ever made or seen plans on the net on how to setup your own 
>electrostatic paint system? Ive looked into whats available here and 
>its quite expensive, I know little about it but its a high voltage/low 
>amps setup which puts a strong electromagnetic field infront of the 
>nozzle of the spraygun, the item to be painted is negatively charged 
>and the positively charged paint jumps onto it just like powder 
>coating. Seems to me the "black box" etc wouldnt be hard to build 
>yourself. Maybe theres more complexity than I understand in the system? 
>Anyone got a lead for me, Ive done a bit of googling without much 
>success...
>
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