Beyond teaching, the DIY world also entertains, and anyone looking for a starting point can visit the Kreosan on YouTube channel, where you'll find one of the Web's most popular teams of crazy pseudo-scientists. They previously demonstrated their love for microwave ovens, but these days they've decided to raise the stakes, building a million-volt generator. Yes, they're still alive.
Last week we talked about a ray gun based on a Tesla coil. Perhaps that example is too complex and/or expensive for someone wanting to explore the high-voltage territory, but the Tesla coil alone is a bit more accessible. One of the best things about this kind of project is reusing parts. Buying a kit and assembling it is ideal for beginners, yet taking pieces from different accessories and appliances to shape a kind of electrical Frankenstein is priceless. With that in mind, we return to Ukraine, where the members of the Kreosan channel on YouTube built a million-volt generator
Unfortunately my Russian is very poor, but I think it's quite clear the use of a flyback, combined with a series of voltage multipliers. First they started with a humble 35,000 volts, later they raised it to 500,000 volts using additional multipliers, and after some adjustments they reached one million volts. Among their victims we find fruits (apparently, the apples were left as if boiled), and a Nokia 1100 phone, which, honoring impeccable Finnish engineering, withstood the torture.
The design of the multipliers reminds me of the so-called "Cockcroft–Walton generator", and in the video they explain that they had to be modified with the help of a drill to connect them together. The last part of the video shows one of its creators "interacting" with the high voltage, which is obvious thanks to his hair standing up. My question is where they got so many multipliers. I imagine recycling centers in Ukraine must be full of Soviet technology...
