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Inner and outer grid

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:34 pm
by Jaime_Alvarez
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Hi, this is my first time building a fusor and i wanted to know what do you think about my inner and outer grid. My intention is to build a demo fusor.

Re: Inner and outer grid

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:13 pm
by Richard Hull
This is a mockup, of course..

This setup should work OK in a low power demo system. Too much current in a vacuum will see all of that fine wire glow red, then orange, then white, then melt.

Richard Hull

Re: Inner and outer grid

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:19 pm
by Jaime_Alvarez
Thanks for advice

Re: Inner and outer grid

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:36 pm
by Richard Hull
Thermally, the inner grid will always be the weakest link in any fusor system. This is due to the fact that 100% of the waste heat from bombardment and emission from that electrode will usually have no thermal sink of significance beyond its poorly connected conductive stalk.

Richard Hull

Re: Inner and outer grid

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:50 pm
by Jaime_Alvarez
Soon i will have the chance to run everything so will play around with the voltage to achieve some plasma for obvious reasons im no expecting fusion. But i do hope i get the plasma. Any other recomendations will help thankyou.