New Fusor Window/electrode feed-thru

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Dennis P Brown
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New Fusor Window/electrode feed-thru

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Well, finally got my new 8.3" window yesterday; drilled an electrode thru hole last night as well. After I install the electrode and let it cure this evening, I'll be able to start plasma runs in the fusor to determine best pressure (3 - 20 microns range, I assume) in deuterium gas that gives me the most stable plasma for a given voltage/current (25 - 30 kV, 20 - 40 ma.) Only after I find the correct range (assuming the plasma cleans the chamber after a while) that produces a fairly stable glow/plasma for a desired voltage/current (as high as possible for my power supply), I will then move on to develop neutron detection. I am sure that challenge will match all the others and take an order or more magnitude of time than I have considered even for worse case effort... (lol.)
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Best of luck on a smooth sail to your goal.

Richard Hull
Progress may have been a good thing once, but it just went on too long. - Yogi Berra
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
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