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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
> 
>