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MOT supply continued and spark gap
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From: Marco Denicolai [SMTP:marco-at-vistacom.fi]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 1998 12:33 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: MOT supply continued and spark gap
I found a solution to my problem of blowing my 10A fuse with the RQ gap: I use
in series with my two MOT/doubler tank supply the secondary of a third MOT,
like a reactor. The connection order is MOT/doubler -> reactor -> safety gap
-> filters -> main gap -> primary cap and primary.
Somebody will say I re-invented the weel: right, I am a beginner, after all...
My tank supply outputs 8KV AC at 0.5 A that makes maybe something between
2 and 3 kW, considering the voltage doublers. My primary cap is 0.05uF and
primary coil about 12 uH.
With this configuration a can run almost one minute runs, being the only problem
my RQ gap that gets hot.
I also learned the 3 mH filter inductors DO stop high frequencies! The potential
developed at their terminal was able to flashover and short them (they are
toroids). I had to add space between terminals and cover them with more layers
of sellac.
Now the source of my worries is (again) the spark gap. I use a RQ static gap
with a blower and 11 cupper tube sections. Each section is 5 cm long and 2 cm
of diameter, the tube spacing being 0.8 mm (0.03").
If I connect 5 gaps, the sparking is intermittent and unreliable, depending
on the degree of polishness of the gaps. In practise I have to sand clean
them after each 1 minute run. If I use 3 gaps in parallel with 3 gaps I get
reliable sparking, but the cupper tubes get hot quickly and the gap cupper
tube surface changes color to a shining blue-gray color.
Does this mean my TC is asking for a rotary gap? What do you guys think
about it?
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Marco Denicolai Vista Communication Instruments, Inc.
Hardware Development Manager www.vistacom.fi
marco-at-vistacom.fi Kaisaniemenkatu 13 A
fax: +358-9-622-5610 SF-00100 HELSINKI
phone: +358-9-622-623-15 Finland
Remember, Murphy was an optimist! I am not...
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