[ncmncm]

He talks about carbon-fiber stuff to get lots of ionization points, but steel wool works great.

You will be able to smell if you are producing ozone, which you don't want unless you like permanent lung damage. The smell is sharp. like around electric sparks. If you get that, the voltage is too high. Just leave off a few voltage stages.

[pbhjpbhj]

I love the smell of ozone though (not kidding!).

I think it's an association from dicking around with dodgy electric motors (that sparked in a cool way) when I was younger.

[ncmncm]

It's the same reason people like Lisp: it smells of youth.