RE: Big Time Coil Problems...

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• Subject: RE: Big Time Coil Problems...
• From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:03:45 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Not necessarily so.  If Ryan was using a static gap, then the maximum
voltage developed across the gap and cap is dictated solely by the gap
setting.  Cranking up the AC input voltage would cause the cap to charge and
the gap to fire more frequently, which does relate to stress on the cap, but
the maximum cap voltage would be unaffected.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

>Original Poster: "Bunnykiller" <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net> 
>
>> Original Poster: "Ryan Ries" <spud-at-wf-dot-net>
>> 
>> Man, I'm really mad now.  Our coil is not working at all (again?!).  Our
>> power source is 150v going into 15Kv/90ma transformer to make 18Kv.  
>
>Uhoh ...    i think you just blew your caps....   with an input of 150V
>your nst was pumping out 18750V rms  ( with a PEAK V of 26520V ) 

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