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In Reply to: RE: Let's hope he doesn't kill himself. posted by Mr. Dick Hertz on May 28, 2015 at 13:42:02
Hill developed ozone poisoning from his plasma designs.....
About 20 years ago, though, a French company came out with a full range plasma. Pretty impressive size wise (seven feet tall and something like 5 feet wide per side)as was the number gas cylinders employed, IIRC. Showed but never made it into production
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You can avoid the ozone problem by bathing the arc in helium but that makes using the speaker quite expensive in the mid to long term.
..perfect for high-end audio..
One would think so but it's not a high purchase price but the high cost of running them and the inconvenience of having to store and regularly change large high-pressure gas bottles.
As far as I am aware helium goes for around $300 per bottle in the US. Being a welder by trade I estimate that one bottle would probably last a day or so (working on 8hrs per day) and may be a lot less.
The bottles are about 5ft tall weigh 165lbs and the colour is legally prescribed. Over here helium bottles are brown.
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