hi would this kill me or hurt me if i gave it 5v-arduino pin or 3XAA
thanks
It almost certainly would do nothing at all.
Are you willing to risk touching the output??
Weedpharma
A schematic would help.
How are you proposing to do this?
help9meh:
hi would this kill me or hurt me if i gave it 5v-arduino pin or 3XAA
Assuming this item is similar to what you are talking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Step-up-Module-High-voltage-Generator-400000V/dp/B00JVJDEZE
Number one - it requires a minimum of 2 - 5 amps to run - you'll do nothing but damage your Arduino pin if you try to use it, and if you use batteries - they won't last long unless you're using a LiPo cell or something.
Can it kill or hurt you? Seriously - if you are asking this about a high voltage device, you have NO BUSINESS even thinking about buying it.
This is not a toy. This is not a play-thing. This device - assuming it works properly as advertised - is a serious piece of electronics which you better have some experience with high voltage before you start to tinker with it.
Yes, it can harm you. Yes, it can kill you.
You need to do some research and study on high voltage before you begin to play with anything in this area. You need to then study and implement lower "high voltage" devices to begin to understand what you'll be dealing with. You need to get familiar with safety and respect when it comes to such circuits. Do you know what "one hand in pocket" means in the context of medium-to-high voltage electronics? If not, then you are not ready.
This is not an area to just willy-nilly play around in. Accidents can and will happen, even when you become experienced. You need to understand the risks, and the ways to mitigate those risks. If you don't, you stand a good chance at causing harm or death to yourself, others, and/or property (fires, mainly).
High pressure type: the type of pulse current
Is the above a reference to the input ? (ie: requires a pulse to generate the HV)
hi would this kill me or hurt me if i gave it 5v-arduino pin or 3XAA
For some reason that strikes me as funny coming from someone with an H-Bomb mushroom cloud for an Avatar. (What's up with that ?)
I'd be surprised if these super-abundant things are deadly - they're dirt cheap, and clearly produced in mass quantity for some low cost application. Appliance burner igniters maybe?
I feel like people would be dropping like flies if these things were readily lethal.
We need some kind of "Dead Man" protocol where if the poster on this topic doesn't reply in 24 hrs we assume he's dead....
hi
btw i was sleeping......
okay thanks for the heads up all I'm trying to do is to make a spark generator thats not piezoelectric
and not lethal
The likelihood of that device generating 400 kV is negligible.
Conversely, if it did, the output current would be limited to 62 microamps.
A 400KV power supply would need insulators over 1 meter long simply to prevent arcing inside it, and to prevent arcing between the wires.
That advertised 400KV supply just has a couple of thin wires coming out of it.
Total nonsense.
I have a ion generator. It runs at the mains power (230V AC). The output is a needle and it made in such a way that it is safe to touch. When I keep my skin close to it, I can feel something (ions or atoms or air flow along the ion stream). I can also smell a very little ozon when I smell close to it.
It takes very small particles out the air (like dust, odor, and the like) which drop on surfaces around the ion generator. Because of that, and after 10 years, the ceiling and furniture near the ion generator get dirty (a very thin layer of black dust).
In complete darkness I can sometimes see a very faint blue dot at the needle point.
There are many fake and unsafe ion generators, but this one is working well for 25 years now. I have to clean it every two years and sharpen the needle.
okay thanks do you know were i could get the spark fun cap ignighter
if i did what would happen if i touched it at the recommended voltage
would i be possible to construct a spark generator that does not use deadly amounts of amperage
The dialectric breakdown voltage for air is 3,000,000 V/m
which can be rearranged to 30000 V/cm (by dividing numerator and denominator by 100)which tells you that you need at least 30,000 V to get a spark 1 cm in length.
if i did what would happen if i touched it at the recommended voltage
Your arm would probably jerk back reflexively , possibly hitting a piece of furniture or anything close by.
hi this might be inconvenient but since its looking like i won't get my sparks I've gone for a different way of ignition
nichrome wire for 8$nzs
thanks for your help and possibly saving my life 