-- BEGIN included message
- To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
- Subject: Re: 2 simple questions - SCR devices - continued
- From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:34:51 -0500 (EST)
<< Another comment someone made was that driving a tank circuit through an SCR > would back bias the electrolytics used for current source - the SCR will, of >course, turn off as soon as the current goes through 0, so this will not > happen. > I don't have any SCR reference material handy, but I seem to recall that even > farily small SCRs can handle several thousand amps (peak), and that the large > ones peak over 10,000 amps - If my memory is correct, they should be ideal to > simulate a spark gap. >> Lou Balint of PA has used SCR's to simulate a spark gap by controlling them with a pulse generator. He used about 600 volts, and obtained 7" sparks or more. The units were rated for about 200 amps I think. He was unable to make them "turn off" until the primary tank energy had rung down. Eventually they burned up. Happy SCR coiling :) John Freau
-- END included message