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Class D Tesla amp.
Subject: Class D Tesla amp.
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 05:26:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Richard A. Smith" <ras2-at-tant-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Tesla List wrote:
> Interesting, lately I have been toying with the idea of feeding a
> Tesla Coil with an R.F. current of the same frequency as the
> primary/secondary tunning frequency which for most of us would be in
> the 100 to 300 Khz range. It seems to me that it would enable a two
> coil system to act as a magnifier, leastwise if one could control the
> phase of the R.F. supply.
Greetings,
I am a newcomer to this list. Finally, people who have a clue and can
guide me in the ways! Thank you! Built my first TC many years ago. It
was
chicken feed compared to what I am reading in the archives. Build a
second, larger and had miserable results. (Of course now I see why)
Since
then I have longed to build a solid state device that would achive
compareable performance with out all the hassle of spark gaps designs.
So far in the archives I have not come across any thing that has to do
with a good RF power amp for driving a Coil. Has there been a thread?
If
so point me to the proper archive.
Now I am not talking about the smaller stuff you see in Electronics
magazines. I mean a really hoss MOSFET RF power amp. One that you can
throw a 20 amp breaker with if you crank it all the way. Or perhaps run
off of 220.
Granted it still won't compare to some of the monsters I am reading
about
but for over all ease of use, reliabilty, and maintainance I think it
would do quite well.
Am I totally off base? Is there a reason this is not feasable?
--
Richard A. Smith "I don't have a solution,
ras2-at-tant-dot-com but I admire the problem."