The reason for modifying the novelty plasma ball is two fold. (1) To provide a more robust transistor with overload and thermal protection so it can be safely driven to produce the best possible resonance initiated field effects (R.I.F.E.) (2) To allow the PLC's optimised signal to control the transmission, brining the radiated field into compliance with Rife Industry Standards. The purpose of this web page is to show you what we do to the circuit. If your a handy person with electronics, or even a recent beginner, these modifications are easy and straight forward to do and will provide you with a RF plasma system that has value and will hopefully give you a long life of trouble free operation. If you don't want to do the modification, then that's fine. I make modified Milinum plasma balls available here. Both the 8 and 12 inch models.

We replace the Darlington power transistor with the Darlington TIP102. Just to provide more robust operation with the safety net of thermal cut-out and overload protection, plus, the plasma ball just runs better with the TIP102 than the 112 and 122. This provides a long life for the plasma balls when operating an optimised signal as the PLC produces. When modifying and operating the installed TIP112 and TIP122, the performance was not exciting.

Replacing the TIP112/122 With The TIP102 Transistor

Test the Plasma Ball prior to performing the modification. So you know it worked before we started. Expose the circuit. This usually requires gently sliding the glass ball out of its housing and undoing some screws in the base plate. Some Plasma Lamp circuits I have come across have a capacitor attached to the tip of the high voltage wire. This dampens down the transmission a little. We remove this capacitor and solder on a plain bit of wire.

ID the Darlington transistor. The largest one with the heat sink attached to it. It has three pins connected to the circuit named B, C, E

We use de-solder wire to remove the Darlington's 3 pins from the circuit board.

Take the TIP102 and bend up the Base Pin (B) like in the photo. Then solder its pins C and E to the circuit. This gives us total control of the input signal port going to the transformer, free from the rest of the plasma ball circuit.

A little silicon heat paste between a new and larger heat sink screwed to the newly installed TIP102. It is important to use a larger heat sink than the one it comes with as we are working this transistor well.

I use about 2 meters, (6 feet) of audio cable with ground connected to its shielding wire. This I solder to the ground on the Milinum Ball circuit, where the power pack connects to the circuit.

Next we solder the active input wire to the Base Pin of the TIP102. I like to support this connection using a heat glue gun to build up a stable and protective environment. It gives the TIP102 more physical support.

We then solder an RCA connecter to the end of the audio lead. Center pin active signal.

When inserting the base with the circuit attached, you also have to slide the high voltage wire up into the plasma balls electrode tunnel with the insulating corrugated plastic tubing. Take care that no steel wool comes down into the neck of the electrode chamber. It all has to be bunched up in the circular electrode ball, which is in the center of the plasma globe. The photo on the left is very acceptable. After inserting the base plate screws, we are ready to test it out.

Testing It Out Step 1. Plug the PLC into the computers audio output (headphones etc) Step 2. Unless settings are configured to last use, advance the PLC's RF dial to around 50kHz and the Power Dial a fraction back (about 2mm) from full power Step 3. Plug the Milinum Ball into the PLC Step 4. Make sure the PLC is switched off Step 5. Plug the PLC's power pack into the wall socket and turn on (make sure 5 volts is selected) Step 6. Make sure the Milinum Ball is switched to off Step 7. Plug the Milinum Ball's power pack to mains socket (8" Milinum = 12VDC 1AMP) Step 8. Switch on Milinum Ball's power at mains Step 9. Run FreX making sure you can hear good audio tones at the speakers (volume is up enough) Step 10. Run a frequency program from FreX and make necessary adjustments to the PLC. We want to keep the RF as high as we can while maintaining a display of three or more plasma streams (which indicates a good field exists)

Hopefully it will work like this ...

FAQ ... Frequently Asked Questions Q: My plasma ball's circuit doesn't look like yours, Help? A: Just about all Novelty Plasma Ball's I have come across are operated by a High Voltage transformer, and a power transistor. Some circuit boards will have a few transistors, others like the Milinum Ball just have one. If purchasing a plasma ball, get one with no extra lights or functions. The name Milinum Ball usually will get you a circuit very close to what I have displayed above. Q: How Do I Know The Transistors Will Be Compatible? A: The above modification uses the TIP102 NPN transistor. It replaces the TIP112 and TIP122 NPN transistors which most of the Chinese 8 and 12 inch plasma circuits are using. You need to be able to ID the power transistor in your circuit, it will be the one with a heat sink attached to it. If it is not the 112 or 122 then it may be a PNP or other amplifying transistor system. Q: I just cut the base pin of the 122 (already installed) and attached the signal to it, and 0 volts to ground on the plasma ball circuit and it works well. A: This is by far the easiest and quickest method of modification for the PLC. However, over long term use or with sessions spanning half an hour or more, carefully monitor the case for excessive heat build up and don't over-drive the transistor with the Power Dial on the PLC NOTE If you can access suitable Milinum Balls, and are happy to modify them for a fee and ship them to people in your country, then let me know and I can place your contact details here so people can save on the high shippage rates these plasma balls experience, when buying them from me.

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