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Old 06-09-2017, 05:16 PM
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You're looking at minuscule current here. Call up Arlynn at Heyboer, ask him to wind you a mains transformer 117 VAC to 5 kV at a milliamp or so, and then use a Cockcroft-Walton arrangement to get up to whatever HV you need. Not terribly elegant, but it works, and has for 85 years...
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