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bilsbie on April 22, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The magic of DC-DC voltage conversion

What’s the best way to boost a dc voltage really high like into the mega volts?

hasmanean on April 22, 2023 [–]

For megavolts just rub some cats fur over an ebony rod.

Megavolts.

Aka static electricity.

mangamadaiyan on April 23, 2023 | [–]

That would be an _ebonite_ rod, not ebony:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonite

Fun fact: ebonite is used to make fountain pens.

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