Lifter Power Supply

The Lifter requires at least 20000 volts to operate. One way to obtain this is to tap into the high voltage inside an old computer monitor.

WARNING: This is extrememely dangerous! A monitor can retain a charge for several hours after it is turned off. This charge can be enough to stop your heart and kill you!

Here’s the inside of the monitor we used. The positive supply is the thick cable which leads to the suction cup on the top of the tube. This can easily be removed.

The negative supply is the winding around the neck of the tube. Here I tapped in to this off an adjustment board: