- Flux core solder
- 2" of copper wire
- Heat shrink insulating tubing (optional)
- 9 volt battery (DO NOT USE A LARGER POWER SOURCE! Doing so may be DANGEROUS!)
- 9 volt battery harness
- On/off switch (any type will work, even a light switch if that is all that is available)
- Sticky-back Velcro
- Dual-sided Velcro (usually found in the form of cable ties)
- Glasses case
- 1 gallon bottle (Such as a windshield washer fluid bottle)
- Hot glue
- Aluminum soda can
- Duct or electrical tape
Tools:
- Soldering iron
- Screwdriver
- Scissors
- Wire strippers
- Hot glue gun
- Sandpaper
- Drill and bits
- File (optional)
I was inspired to create this video when I read the article posted here.
That article is based off of the information provided in this even older article.
There are several reasons I do not use the design that is shown in those two articles (mounting the device inside of a shoe). It is uncomfortable, fragile, requires the destruction of a pair of shoes, and would be a difficult design to replicate when needing to also fit a power converter into the sole. It is more practical perhaps if a negative ion generator that runs off of DC (direct current) is obtained, but in my long search in preparation for this project, I found no source that does not require a bulk order and shipping charges from China.
For those of you thinking, "Wait! I have a DC ionizer in my car!", unfortunately the electronics inside of an automotive ionizer (which do run off of DC) do not use the same process for creating ions, and will not work for this project. They do, however, create enough high voltage when connected to a 9 volt to provide a continuous arc between two wires if the circuitry is slightly modified; which might be an interesting project all on it's own. Perhaps something for the future.
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