First electrical power output from a Pyramid

[pese]

make the top that both T are 45 degree turned what means the middle opening connected with short piece of pipe and one opening straigt up this makes it easier for the rods to be hold in place

So this way.

you can change electrode and sand easy

Ok... this is the configuration which came also into my mind, but the '45 degree' confused me... it should read '90 degree'. 

With this configuration it's easy to change sand and electrodes, but in the original plan the wires for the coils are coming out on the side of the converter, not on top. We don't know if this will affect the functionality of the converter. I will think about it tomorrow... maybe there is a more elegant way to solve all problems but being more close to the original plans...   

Yes 45 degrees is wrong . 90 ?  ist right.
so that it is an ( Toploader)


I read often from broken electrodes .

so it is easy to wire this , change , center it in the sand ..

in the TT size you must "desoldering the tube ... if somes was going wrong.
Pese...

[Walter Hofmann]

Hi all
here are a few picture from my new setup including capacitor ( not connected just finished)
like you can see I used a plastic electrical clamp with a plastic binder as holder to make changes in direction and hight easy.
It is right that the T should be 90 degree.
see also my converter, I dont think it mnakes a big difference if at all how the wire come out but this way you will not so easy break the verry fragile graphite rods.
the capacitor was pretty triky because to solder this it needs quite a lot of heat, I did it the following way :
first I drilled allways 5 plates with about 3mm from top down and then center
second I tinned all the top edges and two extra copper strips where at the copper strips a put some more tin on it
then I screwd five plates together with 10/24 screw and nuts which are exactly 3mm thick,
then I heated the strip up till solder start thinning and put the pack of the five plates on and heated this to till the tin flows and then let it stay till is cold. for heating I used a propan torch on small flame.
for the assembling I made 10 strip mica 1mm thick with the same hole in the midle strips for the reason that I could put them in between the plates and have something to direct the hole I first took a piece of welding rod with a tip on it to make sure all the holes are alligned then I put a plastic crew in and tighten the hole set.
maybe this helps
greetings
walt

[MT]

Hi guys thanks for clarifications. Walter thanks a lot for pictures it surely helps. Your converter looks somewhat thick 12mm tubes used? On picture looks like at least 15mm diameter.

greetings to all builders,
MT

[jeanna]

Beautiful job, Walt!

Thank you.

jeanna

[Tigrotto]

@Walter Hoffman,
And will not work, nevertheless you good job!
Tigrotto