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Re: DC power supply again




From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Tuesday, August 26, 1997 2:09 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: DC power supply again

Malcolm Watts wrote:


> > The new 120kW secondary winding is finished, and weighs in
> > with the following specs:
> >
> > Diameter - 37"
> > Winding Length - 154"
> > # of Turns - 770
> >
> > Lsec - 0.13H, at 60Hz
> >
> > Fsec, no toroid - 52.66 kHz
> > Fsec, w/ 96" toroid - 41.25 kHz
> >
> > As a preliminary 'proof-of-concept' test, I installed the prototype
> > winding on the existing 50kW primary base, and ran it at around 38kW.
> > Much fun was had by all, and a perfectly good 3-piece suit was
> > destroyed... pictures are forthcoming on the Image List.
> >
> > -GL
> 
> Hi Greg,
>          Would you mind telling us the Lp, Cp and Vpk you were using
> please? Congrats on your first firing :) I only wish I were living in
> the States.

Lp was 36uH
Cp was 0.315uF to 0.360uF  (Cp at 120kW will be 0.27uF)
Vp was about 24kV  (Vp at 120kW will be around 43kV)
k  was 0.22


-GL