AFTER DISCOVERING THAT VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUSION COULD BE CREATED IN YOUR HOUSE FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS, I KNEW I HAD TO BUILD THIS FUSOR, A DEVICE WHICH ACCELERATES PARTICLES WITH HIGH VOLTAGE DISCHARGE THROUGH A VACUUM. WHILE MY DESIGN DOES NOT AND WAS NOT INTENDED TO CREATE A MEASUREABLE AMOUNT OF FUSION, IT DOES THEORETICALLY CAUSE AROUND ~10 COUNTS PER MINUTE!
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EXTREMELY HIGH VOLTAGE AT SIGNIFICANT CURRENT (15KV, 50MA) IS DISCHARGED THROUGH A VACUUM, ACCELERATING RARE HYDROGEN ISOTOPES TO SPEEDS NECESSARY FOR FUSION. THIS PROJECT GAVE ME EXPERIENCE DESIGNING SAFE AND RELIABLE EQUIPMENT FOR THE MOST EXTREME OF ENVIRONMENTS, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON PROPER GROUNDING, INSULATION, AND VARIABLE POWER DELIVERY TO AND FROM A HIGH VOLTAGE SOURCE. THROUGH EXACTING CONSTRUCTION AND PROTOTYPING, I WAS ABLE TO CREATE A PRODUCT WHICH FUNCTIONED PROPERLY ON THE FIRST STARTUP, AS SEEN ABOVE.