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The next step is to take the 3 fins and place them in the
second acrylic bracket with the fins in place line the bottoms of the fins up
in the slots created by the bottom bracket and tilt the fins into the unit.
On the top of the unit lower the acrylic slotted piece one inch from the top
and glue in place. The reason for the gap is the wire is below the tops of
the fins for starters and there for less likely to be bothered by hard edges.
Secondly if for some reason you need to remove the fins down the road its
easier to remove the plexy bracket than if its' whole surface was
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Now we start hooking up the power. We ordered a roll of 20Kv
shielded wire from Digikey to extend the wire from the fly back transformer
to the electrode wires in the front of the unit. These connections need to be
made with great care so no shorts occur. If you wired the wires right on the
blocks at the bottom blocks you should have the wire hop across and back up
the other side. This is the optimal place to connect the wire. Drill a hole
to fish it up to it, solder the connection and then insulate it with a
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On the rear of the unit run the second grounding wire to the
blades of the filter and connect them with some wire and solder. Drilling a
small hole to fish them through didn’t seem to bother the unit at all,
perhaps its far enough from the electrode wires.
Make the connections all with solder and insulate well with electrical tape
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Now we get to the shielding part of the build. This is
actually really easy. Take your aluminum screen and cut a piece larger than
the openings on the ionic cooler. Using your hands and minding sharp edges
fold the screen over the sides of the plexy. Next using some hot glue and a
large flathead screwdriver lay a bead of hot glue down the edge of the plexy
and use the screw driver to press the glue through the screen down to the
plexy. Go slowly on this step and you should end up with a screen that is
drum tight. |
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With the mesh done in the front and back there are two
important things to do. Attach a grounding wire on the front screen and the
rear screens leaving enough extra length so you can screw it to the metal
inside of the case when installed for grounding. Secondly is to test that the
unit still works and you didn’t blow anything up. Use caution on this
step and don’t touch the unit while in operation just in case. |
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