Re: DC powered Tesla Coil?

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I built a high voltage power supply based on two
microwave oven transformers in series driving two half
wave voltage doublers.  The output is approx 12KVDC in
the form of 60Hz pulses.  I didn't use any output
smoothing--I applied the raw pulses directly to the
Tesla tank circuit.  It excited my 4" x 24" Tesla coil
into producing sparks up to 5 feet long.

I don't see why DC would be easier to quench than AC.

Regards,

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>
> 
> Has anybody here tried to make a Tesla Coil powered
> from the DC output of a
> cascade multiplier? It seems DC arcs are a bit
> easier to snuff out than an
> AC arcs from the output of even a neon sign
> transformer. I stopped coiling
> over spark gap frustrations some years ago and
> because I have no "safe"
> place to test a coil anymore. Below is a link to
> some pics of my simple to
> make +/- 35-40kV multiplier powered off a 15kV neon
> sign transfomer. I've
> had it make 4" arcs before.
> 
> http://www.energybeam-dot-com/cascade/
> 
> KEN
> 
> 
> 
> 


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