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Re: Solid State Neons and TCs
From: DR.RESONANCE[SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 9:52 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Solid State Neons and TCs
To: Fr Tom
We tried them once -- didn't work very well. It seems the voltage drops
off considerably as the load increases -- great for signs but not very good
to recharge caps.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
>
> From: Thomas McGahee[SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 3:36 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Solid State Neons and TCs
>
> Fellow Coilers,
> Someone on the list recently mentioned that they might try running their
TC
> with a solid state neon transformer.
>
> Has anyone out there actually tried it? Since they run at a frequency of
many
> kilocycles per second, I would think that there might be a problem using
these
> (unless they are rectified and used to power a HV DC supply). The main
cap is
> going to see a high frequency instead of the normal 60Hz, and I would
think
> that such a state of affairs would not allow the cap to charge to a very
large
> voltage.
>
> My brain tells me that they are not going to work well, but I am
interested in
> gathering FACTUAL data, so if anyone has tried using these beasts, please
share
> the results with the rest of us.
>
> Thanks!
> Fr. Tom McGahee
>
>