Re: [TCML] DRSSTC Operation

[Cole Awesome-Jordan <jordancole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is one continuous piece of wire no tap points, no cuts, no clamps.  
You just tune it by how many wraps are around the secondary.

Quoting John Forcina <forcijo10@xxxxxxxxx>:

> How is that any different then a conventional SGTC?  In many conventional
> SGTC's and larger DRSSTC's the primary is made from copper tubing and you
> tap directly to it in different places to change your inductance. In the
> microBrute you change your primary inductance by varying how many primary
> turns you use.
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Cole Awesome-Jordan <
> jordancole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The primary is a set length of 12awg wire and tuning is done by how many
> > wraps are on the primary.
> >
> >
> > Quoting Colin Heath   
> > <cohe@**southwestengineeringsolutions.**co.uk<cohe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >:
> >
> >  Hi Cole,
> > > The DRSSTC does get tuned exactly the same way as a conventional coil.
> > > Unless mini brute uses a fixed number of turns in it's design with no
> > > means of adjusting tapping? This would then mean you tune the inverter to
> > > correct frequency and not the primary coil, I have always built the steve
> > > ward design which runs from primary feedback transformer and then tap
> > > primary coil.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Colin Heath
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/01/2012 20:57, "Cole Awesome-Jordan"
> > > <jordancole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx**ca <jordancole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >  First, thank you all who help me with how to explain how a tesla coil
> > > > works, and thank you to all who helped me determine that my IGBTs were
> > > > indeed deed.
> > > >
> > > > I have recently constructed a DRSSTC MicroBrute from Eastern Voltage
> > > > Research and because my tuning was wrong i blew my IGBTs. And i was
> > > > just wondering why does a DRSSTC get tuned by the number of turns and
> > > > not like a conventional coil? And is it possible to put any IGBT in a
> > > > board to increase spark length?
> > > >
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