Van de Graaff Generators
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Explaining Van de Graaff Generator Operation:

• The Sphere
• Belt and Rollers

Building Your Own

• VAN DE GRAAFF PLANS at other websites
• VAN DE GRAAFF PLANS in books and mags
• Misc. construction hints
• VDG Spheres
• Belts
• Rollers & Combs
• Motors, bearings, etc.
• Charger
• Electrostatics books
• Hints for static device construction
• FORUMS
  • Van De Graaff Generator (yahoo)
  • 4hv org
  • Vacuum Xperiment

Electrostatic & VDG Anomalies

• Leaping high-voltage sundogs thunderstorm optics
• 'Ball Lightning' made by accident
• Honeybee signalling (Nat. Geographic)
• Steam & charging ( from ESD Journal)
• Flow electrification of oil, etc. (pdf)
• M. Foster: blow-dryer air blast thru PVC pipe w/wet inner surface creates charging
• The Vasservaden (water-thread) experiment
• Gigantic water-thread report
• Charging during saltwater boiling
• Electrostatic Air-threads
• Invisible 'Force field' Wall
• Barker Experiment alters half-life
• Does condensation cause charge-separation?
• The Morton Effect

Highly recommended:
ELECTROSTATICS
by A. D. Moore
(lots of projects)

Other Websites: Van de Graaff Generator Plans & Instructions

• Large Ikea-bowls Generator by M. Rehorst
• S. Q. Field's VDG project
• Instructables version
• Build a Simple VDG , from Alvin T.
• GD Mutch VDG plans
• G. Egel make a simple VDG
• JL Naudin's VDG machine
• SCIENCE FIRST VDG spheres, kits, plans, etc.
• D. Williamson's Soda-bottle VDG machine
• Dirod generator tutorial
• Build a VDG , from Solaris page
• Daniel's VDG build-it project
• Science fair VDG
• P. Miller VDG, hints, and MORE
• 18th Century Electricity Kit fm Bakken Museum

Another good book:
HOMEMADE LIGHTNING by R. A. Ford

Other Websites: Misc Van de Graaff Generators

• IKEA rimless mixing bowls, 5" to 14"
• Daryl VDG demos
• VDG Forum (yahoo)
• VDG Photo Album
• Stainless steel spheres (from NZ)
• Stainless steel spheres
• More spheres, & hemispheres
• Generateur Van de Graaff (fr)
• VDG & electrostatics forum
• High Voltage Handbook
• VDGs Explained at How Stuff Works
• Suggested VDG Demos from physhare list
• Alta Tens? Gerador Van de Graaff de Amilton A. (Brasil)
• Jeff B's VDG page
• Resonance Research, pro VDGs for museums, etc.
• VDG demos (Don Simanek)
• Giant VDG Machine, at Museum of Sci. Boston
  • VDG History
  • Construction of the device
• Historical Electrostatic Machines
• PIRA's list of Electrostatic Physics Demonstrations
• A VDG project
• CURIOUS KIDS Static Electric activity
• TSU Maryland VDG demos

Alternative HV: Marx and Cockroft-Walton

• Marx Generator at Mike'e Electric Stuff
• Mike's bigger Marx Gen.
• Jim Lux: Cockroft-Walton
• Lapointe: CW
• Powerlabs CW
• Volt Multiplier
• Wenzel: voltage mult (pdf)
• Volt Mult. for TEA nitrogen pulse laser

Other electrostatic projects here

• Sticky Electrostatics
• The Duluc Drypile
• Triboelectric Series
• ELECTROSTATIC MOTOR made from plastic pop bottles.
• ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR, electrophorus, a simple one
• ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR, "Kelvin's Thunderstorm"
• ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR, In-line waterdropper
• SEE electric and magnetic fields with this simple viewing bottle
• ARRAY ELECTROMETER makes e-fields visible
• STATIC ELECTRIC MISCONCEPTIONS
• Explaining electricity with colored plastic sheets.