Acrylic:
We picked up the acrylic that we used in this project from our local plastics dealer. We double checked and found several vendors that offer precut materials cost effectively on eBay. The cut list is really simple.

1 - 4" long 3 1/2 Inner diameter pipe (4.00USD)
5 - 4" X 4" 1/4th inch thick acrylic (6.00USD)

Copper Pipe:
We picked up a 1 ft length of copper pipe at our local home improvement store. We used a 3/4" Dia pipe for this project. 1 inch would work equally well but we didn’t notice any performance difference at all between them. We cut our pipe into 6 - 2" lengths (1.00USD)

High Performance Heat sink:
We used for this project a arctic cooling freezer 7 heat sink. This has been a good steady mid line heat sink for us for a while now. Its copper core and heat pipes give it the edge we have come to expect from this type of cooler. (20.00USD)

Wire:
We used about 3 feet of 14Ga stranded copper wire for this project. Using separate colors of wire while nice is not necessary... unless you braid them. Then you have to use more than one color... (1.00USD)

The Corona emitters:
Also known as tacks, pins, or real small nails. These are very small tacks that are about 5/8ths of an inch long. It’s important that the tips come to a sharp point so sanding them with sand paper to make sure there even and sharp will help with the effectiveness of this and drastically cut down on ozone emission. (1.00USD)

The Power Source:
We picked up this high power ion generator from amazing1.com for about 24.00. This is a far cry better cost than the disassembly of an ionic air cleaner for the components. This unit is a 12V native unit so we can run it off the internal power supply without any major issues. This unit puts out several thousands of volts. it can hurt or even kill you. Do not do this project unless you have a firm grasp of electronics.

Tools that we used: ( I.E. you may want to use as well )
One note on power tools: use them at your own risk. Be sure to read and understand any and all documentation on the tools you use. No amount of documentation can make up for experience, but there are many people with serious eye injuries at the school of hard knocks. If you don't know what you are doing, don't do it and find some one that can help.


Screwdrivers
Pliers
Razor
Drill
Hot Glue Gun

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