RE: Resistors VS inductors for Marx (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 07:45:31 -0400
From: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Resistors VS inductors for Marx


Inductors are better.  However, you must decide whether its worth
spending the extra time to handwind 20 inductors (10-stage marx
generator), or if you can tolerate reduced performance and losses.

For most small marx generators, resistors work fine and the added time
to wind your own inductors isn't necessary.

The Captain



> Hi All,
>
> Why do people always use resistors in Marx generators? I
> whipped up some
> inductors once and they worked fine. I didn't try the same
> generator with
> resitors, but the output was good. Is there some reason that
> resistors are
> better, especially considering how dirt cheap and easy to
> make inductors
> are?
>
> Jonathan
>
> www.madlabs.info
>
>
>
>