RE: Controller for Marc's STSG

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Original poster: "CJ Moore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <wizard1234-at-home-dot-com>

This is a really stupid question, but I don't understand.
On the schematic I see the wires out to the Ignition Coil, but in the
pictures of the actual box I don't see any wires coming out of the box
except for the AC cord. Are the output wires on the schematic connected to
the wall outlet plug? On the schematic it looks like their is one ac input,
and then the hot/neutral/ground output which I goes to the Ignition Coil,
but picture has 2 outlets and another cord? What is the extra outlet for?

Also, I am planning on making a t-gap in the near future and want to make a
similar controller (but was going to add a few fan controls on the box), I
was going to put everything in the control box including the ignition coil,
you seem to know what your doing and you choose not to do this, is this
because it is a bad idea to put it close to the other parts, or because you
wanted the ignition coil closer to the main circuit, or I am just missing
the point?

CJ


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Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 6:15 PM
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Subject: Controller for Marc's STSG


Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi All,

Today I built up the AC controller for Marc's Synchronous Triggered Spark
Gap (STSG) or (MSTSG).

I built it really heavy duty and grounded everything an threw in a ton of
MOVs.  It may be overkill but I plan on using it for other NST experiments
and stuff.  So I built it like a tank...

The files are in the directory at:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/MarcMetlicka-STSG/Controller/

The schematic is at:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/MarcMetlicka-STSG/Controller/STSGcon
troller.gif

The parts list is at:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/MarcMetlicka-STSG/Controller/PartsLi
st.txt

A picture is at:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/MarcMetlicka-STSG/Controller/Final.j
pg

Pictures of the guts in insides are in the directory at:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/MarcMetlicka-STSG/Controller/

Tomorrow I will try and figure out the high voltage coil section.  I will
probably end up using the GM HEI coil since it allows the RF ground and
high voltage stuff to be electrically isolated from the AC line.

Cheers,

	Terry