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Re: DC powered tesla coil (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:22:36 EDT
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: DC powered tesla coil (fwd)
In a message dated 98-07-21 00:25:48 EDT, you write:
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> 1. I was wondering about charging the tank cap with DC voltage supplied
> by a neon transformer and a half or full-wave rectifier. This would
> allow charging larger caps with smaller transformer because the spark
> gap wouldn't fire 50 or 60 times per second but less frequently, let's
> say every second. I guess that the peak power delivered to the coil
> shouldn't be much different as it depends, IMO, on the peak voltage
> before the spark gap fires and not how often this occurs. Is that
> correct? Any other parameter unchanged, does the repetition rate of the
> tank cap discharge affect the quality (lenght, brightness, etc) of the
> streamers jumping out the toroid?
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> Ciao
> Max Di Tommaso >>
Hi Max,
Welcome to the group.
The repetition rate has a great effect on the brightness and length
of the sparks. A high rep rate will make the sparks brighter
and longer, but will draw a lot more power as you said.
I'm working on a small demo/experimental coil now. I doubled up
on the NST input transformers (2 in parallel instead of one). My
spark length increased from 22" to 25". I then installed a larger
toroid and obtained incredible looking 27" sparks, using the small
3" by 9" secondary wound with #34 tight-wound magnet wire. This
coil is running right on the edge of breakdown. I don't recommend
building a coil with these specs...it's for experimental work. I'll
report on this coil as the work progresses. It gives 1st notch quench
at k = .2, using a static gap similar to the one Terry F built.
Your english is fine.
John Freau