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The Plasma Speaker

Step 9Enjoy and impress your friends!

Enjoy and impress your friends!
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Well, there is the instructions to make your own Plasma Speaker! Go ahead and pump in your favorite music then listen and watch the arc dance with the music and admire what you had built...

Then show it to your friends and family, I can guarantee you they will be greatly impressed.

When my Dad first saw my plasma speaker in operation, his first words about it are: "What the f... Tha... Thats impossible." He is wrong, nothing is impossible... Nothing.

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26 comments
Feb 4, 2012. 8:47 AMfirebird2000 says:
I have a question: Could you use a plasma speaker for the delivery method of a RIFE machine? (If you dont know what a rife machine is google it, it can cure many diseases including lyme)
Nov 8, 2008. 12:19 AMsavagefukeronsteroids says:
nothings impossible??? so u could fly by flappin ur arms
Nov 15, 2011. 4:14 PMmrmerino says:
Flap them 3,000 times a second maybe.
Nov 8, 2008. 1:41 AMpyroten says:
i can :)
Nov 8, 2008. 3:38 AMsavagefukeronsteroids says:
i wanna see this got a vid then i can say iv seen almost everything cos i still havnt seen a cat eat its own head lol
Nov 8, 2008. 9:36 PMiBurn says:
Have you seen a man eat his own skull? No? Well then you haven't seen everything.
Nov 27, 2011. 8:39 PMwaldosan says:
this doesn't seem physically possible!
Jan 24, 2009. 10:25 AMSagar Gondaliya says:
i have. rofl
Nov 27, 2011. 8:39 PMwaldosan says:
you know that's exactly what he said.
Jan 22, 2009. 6:16 PMSagar Gondaliya says:
1. You could make the heatsink an insulated coil and then keep it in some water to help it cool off faster. 2. You could also make a plexiglass box, drill a bunch of holes in it (like 30 per sq. in.) and wire it so the probes are protected and people might not be as stupid to touch it (I know some people that would so that's why I mentioned it).
Apr 18, 2010. 6:01 AMrandomapps says:
 hey plasmana :) would putting the mosfet in a bucket of dry ice make it last longer?
Jan 24, 2009. 10:24 AMSagar Gondaliya says:
thnx
Feb 3, 2009. 8:26 PMsciencenerd1616 says:
i realy love high voltage but my mom said that im going to die if i do this instructable
Apr 18, 2010. 5:58 AMrandomapps says:
put a ballast on it to limit the current to 10mA that will regulate the current so if you get a shock it wont kill you
Oct 24, 2009. 12:22 PMIronsintheFire says:
don't tell your mom next time
Aug 20, 2009. 1:39 AMGasburner says:
even though at 4000 volts there wont be much more than a few mA of current? (lethal "dose" is 7-10mA) everyone making this, remember, current kills, however voltage hurts. a lot. it can also burn
Mar 12, 2009. 3:21 PMAercimete says:
could you use a like a faraday cage built into a glove? if so do you know how? coul you just like put foil or wire mesh onto a glove?
Aug 20, 2009. 1:38 AMGasburner says:
You would be touching the thing, and it wouldnt be connected to ground, so it would just be a big glove shaped sheet of metal helping the electricity to get into you
Nov 15, 2011. 4:13 PMmrmerino says:
Ground the glove? Maybe? With a rubber glove underneath? Provided it doesn't melt and fuse to your skin...
Apr 27, 2009. 1:19 PMnvysel24 says:
for the capacitors can they be any votage rating or do they just have to be the nf and uf you specified?
May 3, 2009. 7:22 PMCybot Rules says:
using higher voltages shouldnt matter.
May 5, 2009. 5:00 PMnvysel24 says:
thank you :D
May 10, 2009. 5:57 PMCybot Rules says:
Fine
Feb 3, 2009. 8:20 PMsciencenerd1616 says:
i' very young and i have made a tazer. the big problem is that my mom would not let me take apart a crt she says that is too dangerous . is there any other way i could get a fly back
Nov 9, 2008. 2:34 AMThaile says:
Quick questions...1. Does this chip need any coding as in: Pic Basic Pro to work? 2. Texas Instruments has many versions of this chip, which exact chip did you use here? Lastly, you used battery here, can we use wall transformer to make this work? Thanks!
Nov 9, 2008. 9:50 PMThaile says:
Where can you find 10,47,100 nf capacitors? Farnell only sells to UK residents... Any old Flyback transformer works right? Did you mount the mosfet to the heatsink? You used just a regular 9v to power the TL494? Sorry for all the questions...ready to start buying parts, wanna make sure I get it all right...
Nov 16, 2008. 8:42 AMKoil_1 says:
Try Mouser electronics. They have tons of components and there's no minimum order. They're freakin awesome!
Nov 6, 2008. 8:25 PMWolfin says:
I really like this! Been looking for a plasma speaker tutorial and this one is finally simple enough to try! (Not to mention in the right language.)

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