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KirlianPhotographyDevice TransparentDischargePlate LimitedEditionKirlianPrints

ExposurePlateTheexposure(ordischarge)plateismadefrom4"x6"singlesidedcoppercladboard.Thehighvoltageoutputwire(green)fromtransformerT1issolderedtothecornerofthecoppercladboard.Thecoppersideoftheboardisplacedfaceupandgluedtothewoodboard.

Afterthegluedries,thedischargeplateiscoveredwithathinplasticsheetapproximately.005inchthick.Theplasticshouldextendatleast1"pastthedischargeplateonallsides.Thesheetissecuredinplacebytapingorgluingitdown.

Thethicknessoftheplasticsheetisn'tcritical.Anythingaroundthisthicknessthatwillpreventtheobjectfrommakingdirectcontactwiththedischargeplate.Sheetsareavailablefrommanyartanddraftingsupplystores.Theplasticsheetmaybetransparentoropaque,itdoesn'tmatter.

Totestthecircuit,attachawiretopointAshownontheschematicandplacetheotherwireabout"awayfromthedischargeplateortheuninsulatedendofthehighvoltagewire.Notethedischargeplateshouldnothavetheplasticsheetcoveringitduringthetest.EverytimeyouflicktheswitchSW1youshouldseeasparkjumpfromtheHVwiretothedischargeplate.

Whenthecircuitchecksoutproperly,mountthecomponentsontheboardusingglueorepoxy.

Coatanyexposedwireswithaplasticspraytoprovideinsulation(NoArcsprayisavailableatyourlocalRadioShackstores.)

Coverdischargeplatewithplasticsheet.

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