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Re: DC Tesla Coil
From: Alfred C. Erpel[SMTP:aerpel-at-op-dot-net]
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 1998 7:25 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: DC Tesla Coil
Greg and All,
AE>> To get DC into the tank
AE>> capacitor, is it as simple as feeding rectified AC into your
transformer?
GL> ??!!?? Only the AC component of the ripple would make it
GL> through, assuming the core wasn't saturated...
GL> The DC component would simply treat the transformer as
GL> a space heater. Rectification must occur after the xfmr.
>
>
>-GL
Your the second person who questioned this. I will clarify what I mean.
WARNING, PATHETIC ASCII ART FOLLOWS:
the symbol > below, denotes diode pointing in + direction
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/ \
/ \
> >
/ \
120 AC in o o-----------0||0--------tank circuit
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| > > 0||0
| \ / 0||0
| \ / 0||0 neon sign transformer
----------------o 0||0 secodary
| 0||0
| 0||0
| 0||0
o---------------------0||0--------tank circuit
Wouldn't the wave form below, put out by the bridge above, be just fine
to as an input into a NST primary?
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| / \ / \ /
|/ \/ \/
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Regards,
Alfred Erpel