Re: Proposed DC Drive

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Subject: Re: Proposed DC Drive
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:45:12 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:03:18 +0000
From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Proposed DC Drive 

Larry Robertson wrote:


> >Also, the gap doesn't have to reverse the polarity to
> >achieve the same effect.  The energy per pulse is the same,
> >whether you run the resonance caps at +15 or -15kV.
> >-GL
> 
> That diagram is alot clearer if you draw it on paper.
> 
> I think at the instant the gaps fire, the primary coil will see
> 30 kV - the 15kV in the resonance cap, added to the 15 kV in
> the storage cap. 

Unfortunately, the primary will only see 15kV peak, since the
0.05 caps are _uncharged_ when the gap closes. I didn't see
any way that they were being precharged.


-GL