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  1. Plasma Ball Teardown, Safety Procedures: crwdns2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Safety Procedures: crwdns2935265:01crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Safety Procedures: crwdns2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
    • Obtain your plasma ball and unplug the wire (If battery operated take out battery's).

    • Turn the Off/On/Sound switch to Off.

  2. Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Base: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Base: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Base: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
    • Flip over the plasma ball ( Be careful if putting on a table, its glass its easily broken)

    • Unscrew the 4 screws, one in each corner of the mechanism.

  3. Plasma Ball Teardown, Pull the Base  Apart: crwdns2935265:03crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Pull the Base  Apart: crwdns2935265:03crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Pull the Base  Apart: crwdns2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
    • Carefully pull apart the base from the main body,

    • Now we have the base and the main panel.

  4. Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:04crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:04crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Unscrew The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:04crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
    • Unscrew the two screws that hold the base to the control center.

  5. Plasma Ball Teardown, Pop Out The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:05crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:02crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Pop Out The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:05crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:02crwdne2935265:0
    • Next pop out the control center by pushing on these two plastic holders.

  6. Plasma Ball Teardown, Remove The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:06crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Remove The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:06crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Plasma Ball Teardown, Remove The Main Panel: crwdns2935265:06crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
    • Pull the control center off the base and you are done with the teardown

    • To rebuild the Plasma Ball do all the steps in reverse order.

Payton Harty

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Interesting teardown! Although, it might be noted that care should be taken when handling the circuit board, especially around the flyback transformer (big black cylinder), as plasma balls typically operate on high voltages and may pose a shock hazard.

nerdyphysicsguy - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

does anyone know anything about troubleshooting electrical issues? I have a ball this is 20 years old and worked in 2016 when i packed it to move, but when i reopened it 8 months later i get nothing when i turn it on. Anyone have ideas?

Josh Pickles - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

It could be a couple things leading to this. The wire could be faulty or the wire is not touching the steel wool are most likely the problem. You could try and tear down adjust it and see if it helps.

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When I tried putting it back together it would not light the same way does anyone know how to fix this?

Cmolinar98 - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Need to ensure the wire touches the steel wool when reassembling.

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