Re: Solid State Invasion

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <free0076-at-flinders.edu.au>

Quoting Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>:

> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> We've all learned how useless the new breed of solid
> state neon sign power supplies are for coiling. Now
> Marc is showing us the insides of a solid state
> microwave oven. What's next? Switch mode pole pigs? 

Would be a good idea in terms of efficiency and weight =)

> Seriously, how common are the solid microwave ovens? I
> hope this isn't a new trend that's going to take over
> the industry. I'm guessing a ferrite core 20kHz MOT is
> pretty useless for the hobby.

I hope it _IS_ going to take over, since microwave ovens would get lighter, 
cheaper, more energy efficient, etc.

And the hobby _WILL_ adapt - you can count on it. Maybe a solid state 1kW 5kV 
power supply would be really handy! At the very least you would get some beefy 
transistors in there to play with for solid state coiling, and I reckon a DC 
supply of that size would be good for lots of things as it is =) Run about 100 
helium-neon lasers at once, for example =)

Have fun,
Darren Freeman